holy
HOH-lee
hohlee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈhoʊli/ · 2 syllables
How “holy” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | h | o | l | y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | h | oh | l | ee |
“holy” sound by sound
| Ingglish | h | oh | l | ee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /h/ | /oʊ/ | /l/ | /i/ |
- Sounds
- 4 sounds from 4 letters: 2 vowels /oʊ/, /i/ and 2 consonants /h/, /l/
- Syllables
- 2 — HOH · lee, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- common: 69.9 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #1,023 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /oʊli/
Words that sound like “holy” (homophones)
Words that rhyme with “holy” (/oʊli/)
slowlylowlygoaliewhollymolycoleycoliunholyguacamoleravioli
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“holy” — questions & answers
How do you spell “holy”?
H-O-L-Y in English; “hohlee” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “holy”?
HOH-lee — IPA /ˈhoʊli/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “holy”?
/ˈhoʊli/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What words sound like “holy”?
“wholly” — same sounds, different spelling.