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lighthouse

LAIT-HOUS
laithous in Ingglish
IPA /ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs/ · 2 syllables

How “lighthouse” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “lighthouse” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishl—ighthouse
Ingglishlai—thous

“lighthouse” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “lighthouse”
Ingglishlaithous
IPA/l//aɪ//t//h//aʊ//s/
Sounds
6 sounds from 10 letters: 2 vowels /aɪ/, /aʊ/ and 4 consonants /l/, /t/, /h/, /s/
Syllables
2 — LAIT · HOUS, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 3.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #9,126 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/aɪthaʊs/

“lighthouse” — questions & answers

How do you spell “lighthouse”?

L-I-G-H-T-H-O-U-S-E in English; “laithous” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “lighthouse”?

LAIT-HOUS — IPA /ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “lighthouse”?

/ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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