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foolish

FOO-lish
foolish in Ingglish
IPA /ˈfulɪʃ/ · 2 syllables

How “foolish” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “foolish” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishfoolish
Ingglishfoolish

“foolish” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “foolish”
Ingglishfoolish
IPA/f//u//l//ɪ//ʃ/
Sounds
5 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /u/, /ɪ/ and 3 consonants /f/, /l/, /ʃ/
Syllables
2 — FOO · lish, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common: 18.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #2,888 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ulɪʃ/

Words that rhyme with “foolish” (/ulɪʃ/)

ghoulish

“foolish” — questions & answers

How do you spell “foolish”?

F-O-O-L-I-S-H in English; “foolish” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “foolish”?

FOO-lish — IPA /ˈfulɪʃ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “foolish”?

/ˈfulɪʃ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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