humour
HYOO-mer
hyoomer in Ingglish
IPA /ˈhjumɝ/ · 2 syllables
How “humour” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | h | u | m | our |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | h | yoo | m | er |
“humour” sound by sound
| Ingglish | h | y | oo | m | er |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /h/ | /j/ | /u/ | /m/ | /ɝ/ |
- Sounds
- 5 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /u/, /ɝ/ and 3 consonants /h/, /j/, /m/
- Syllables
- 2 — HYOO · mer, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 5.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,578 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /umɝ/
Words that sound like “humour” (homophones)
Words that rhyme with “humour” (/umɝ/)
humorrumortumorrumourboomerbloomergroomerloomerconsumer
See all 9 words that rhyme with “humour” →
“humour” — questions & answers
How do you spell “humour”?
H-U-M-O-U-R in English; “hyoomer” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “humour”?
HYOO-mer — IPA /ˈhjumɝ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “humour”?
/ˈhjumɝ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What words sound like “humour”?
“humor” — same sounds, different spelling.