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gerbils

JER-bils
jerbils
IPA /ˈdʒɝbɪls/ · 2 syllables

“gerbils” letter by letter

Each letter group of “gerbils” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishgerbils
Ingglishjerbils

How “gerbils” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “gerbils”
Ingglishjerbils
IPA/dʒ//ɝ//b//ɪ//l//s/
Sounds
6 from 7 letters — 2 vowels /ɝ/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /dʒ/, /b/, /l/, /s/
Syllables
2 — JER · bils, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon — 0.30 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #28,543 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɝbɪls/

“gerbils” — questions & answers

How do you spell “gerbils”?

G-E-R-B-I-L-S in English; “jerbils” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “gerbils”?

JER-bils — IPA /ˈdʒɝbɪls/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “gerbils”?

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

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