jr
JOO-nyer
joonyer
IPA /ˈdʒunjɝ/ · 2 syllables
“jr” letter by letter
| English | j | — | r |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | j | oonye | r |
How “jr” sounds out
| Ingglish | j | oo | n | y | er |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /dʒ/ | /u/ | /n/ | /j/ | /ɝ/ |
- Sounds
- 5 from 2 letters — 2 vowels /u/, /ɝ/ and 3 consonants /dʒ/, /n/, /j/
- Syllables
- 2 — JOO · nyer, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common — 9.1 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #4,687 of 48,804
- Rhyme ending
- /unjɝ/
Words that sound like “jr” (homophones)
Words that rhyme with “jr” (/unjɝ/)
“jr” — questions & answers
How do you spell “jr”?
J-R in English; “joonyer” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “jr”?
JOO-nyer — IPA /ˈdʒunjɝ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “jr”?
/ˈdʒunjɝ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What words sound like “jr”?
“junior” — same sounds, different spelling.