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higher

HAI-er
haier
IPA /ˈhaɪɝ/ · 2 syllables

“higher” letter by letter

Each letter group of “higher” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishhigher
Ingglishhaier

How “higher” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “higher”
Ingglishhaier
IPA/h//aɪ//ɝ/
Sounds
3 from 6 letters — 2 vowels /aɪ/, /ɝ/ and 1 consonant /h/
Syllables
2 — HAI · er, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common — 28.6 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #2,010 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/aɪɝ/

Words that sound like “higher” (homophones)

hire

Words that rhyme with “higher” (/aɪɝ/)

fireliarwirehiresiretirepriorchoirbuyerdryer

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“higher” — questions & answers

How do you spell “higher”?

H-I-G-H-E-R in English; “haier” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “higher”?

HAI-er — IPA /ˈhaɪɝ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “higher”?

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

What words sound like “higher”?

“hire” — same sounds, different spelling.

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