obstacle
OB-sta-kal
obstakal in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɑbstəkəl/ · 3 syllables
How “obstacle” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | obsta | c | l | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | obsta | ka | l | — |
“obstacle” sound by sound
| Ingglish | o | b | s | t | a | k | a | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɑ/ | /b/ | /s/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /k/ | /ə/ | /l/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /ə/, /ə/ and 5 consonants /b/, /s/, /t/, /k/, /l/
- Syllables
- 3 — OB · sta · kal, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #10,113 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɑbstəkəl/
“obstacle” — questions & answers
How do you spell “obstacle”?
O-B-S-T-A-C-L-E in English; “obstakal” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “obstacle”?
OB-sta-kal — IPA /ˈɑbstəkəl/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “obstacle”?
/ˈɑbstəkəl/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.