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guru

GOO-ROO
gooroo in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɡuˌɹu/ · 2 syllables

How “guru” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “guru” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishguru
Ingglishgooroo

“guru” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “guru”
Ingglishgooroo
IPA/ɡ//u//ɹ//u/
Sounds
4 sounds from 4 letters: 2 vowels /u/, /u/ and 2 consonants /ɡ/, /ɹ/
Syllables
2 — GOO · ROO, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #13,645 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/uɹu/

“guru” — questions & answers

How do you spell “guru”?

G-U-R-U in English; “gooroo” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “guru”?

GOO-ROO — IPA /ˈɡuˌɹu/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “guru”?

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

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