handkerchief
HANG-ker-chif
hangkerchif in Ingglish
IPA /ˈhæŋkɝtʃɪf/ · 3 syllables
How “handkerchief” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | han | d | kerch | ie | f |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | han | g | kerch | i | f |
“handkerchief” sound by sound
| Ingglish | h | a | ng | k | er | ch | i | f |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /h/ | /æ/ | /ŋ/ | /k/ | /ɝ/ | /tʃ/ | /ɪ/ | /f/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 12 letters: 3 vowels /æ/, /ɝ/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /h/, /ŋ/, /k/, /tʃ/, /f/
- Syllables
- 3 — HANG · ker · chif, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 4.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #7,598 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /æŋkɝtʃɪf/
“handkerchief” — questions & answers
How do you spell “handkerchief”?
H-A-N-D-K-E-R-C-H-I-E-F in English; “hangkerchif” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “handkerchief”?
HANG-ker-chif — IPA /ˈhæŋkɝtʃɪf/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “handkerchief”?
/ˈhæŋkɝtʃɪf/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.