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nephew

NE-fyoo
nefyoo
IPA /ˈnɛfju/ · 2 syllables

“nephew” letter by letter

Each letter group of “nephew” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishnephew
Ingglishnefyoo

How “nephew” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “nephew”
Ingglishnefyoo
IPA/n//ɛ//f//j//u/
Sounds
5 from 6 letters — 2 vowels /ɛ/, /u/ and 3 consonants /n/, /f/, /j/
Syllables
2 — NE · fyoo, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common — 17.0 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #3,001 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɛfju/

“nephew” — questions & answers

How do you spell “nephew”?

N-E-P-H-E-W in English; “nefyoo” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “nephew”?

NE-fyoo — IPA /ˈnɛfju/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “nephew”?

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

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