housewife
HOU-SWAIF
houswaif in Ingglish
IPA /ˈhaʊˌswaɪf/ · 2 syllables
How “housewife” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | h | ouse | w | i | f | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | h | ous | w | ai | f | — |
“housewife” sound by sound
| Ingglish | h | ou | s | w | ai | f |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /h/ | /aʊ/ | /s/ | /w/ | /aɪ/ | /f/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /aʊ/, /aɪ/ and 4 consonants /h/, /s/, /w/, /f/
- Syllables
- 2 — HOU · SWAIF, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 3.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #8,432 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /aʊswaɪf/
“housewife” — questions & answers
How do you spell “housewife”?
H-O-U-S-E-W-I-F-E in English; “houswaif” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “housewife”?
HOU-SWAIF — IPA /ˈhaʊˌswaɪf/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “housewife”?
/ˈhaʊˌswaɪf/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.