imbecile
IM-ba-sal
imbasal in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɪmbəsəl/ · 3 syllables
How “imbecile” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | imb | eci | l | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | imb | asa | l | — |
“imbecile” sound by sound
| Ingglish | i | m | b | a | s | a | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /m/ | /b/ | /ə/ | /s/ | /ə/ | /l/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ə/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /m/, /b/, /s/, /l/
- Syllables
- 3 — IM · ba · sal, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 3.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #9,470 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪmbəsəl/
“imbecile” — questions & answers
How do you spell “imbecile”?
I-M-B-E-C-I-L-E in English; “imbasal” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “imbecile”?
IM-ba-sal — IPA /ˈɪmbəsəl/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “imbecile”?
/ˈɪmbəsəl/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.