metaphor
ME-ta-for
metafor in Ingglish
IPA /ˈmɛtəfɔɹ/ · 3 syllables
How “metaphor” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | meta | ph | or |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | meta | f | or |
“metaphor” sound by sound
| Ingglish | m | e | t | a | f | aw | r |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /m/ | /ɛ/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /f/ | /ɔ/ | /ɹ/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ɔ/ and 4 consonants /m/, /t/, /f/, /ɹ/
- Syllables
- 3 — ME · ta · for, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 4.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #7,974 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛtəfɔɹ/
“metaphor” — questions & answers
How do you spell “metaphor”?
M-E-T-A-P-H-O-R in English; “metafor” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “metaphor”?
ME-ta-for — IPA /ˈmɛtəfɔɹ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “metaphor”?
/ˈmɛtəfɔɹ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.