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mothball

MAWTH-BAWL
mawthbawl in Ingglish
IPA /ˈmɔθˌbɔl/ · 2 syllables

How “mothball” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “mothball” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishmothball
Ingglishmawthbawl

“mothball” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “mothball”
Ingglishmawthbawl
IPA/m//ɔ//θ//b//ɔ//l/
Sounds
6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /ɔ/, /ɔ/ and 4 consonants /m/, /θ/, /b/, /l/
Syllables
2 — MAWTH · BAWL, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.10 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #38,315 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɔθbɔl/

“mothball” — questions & answers

How do you spell “mothball”?

M-O-T-H-B-A-L-L in English; “mawthbawl” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “mothball”?

MAWTH-BAWL — IPA /ˈmɔθˌbɔl/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “mothball”?

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

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