octopus
OK-ta-PUS
oktapus in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɑktəˌpʊs/ · 3 syllables
How “octopus” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | o | c | t | o | pus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | o | k | t | a | pus |
“octopus” sound by sound
| Ingglish | o | k | t | a | p | u | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɑ/ | /k/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /p/ | /ʊ/ | /s/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 7 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /ə/, /ʊ/ and 4 consonants /k/, /t/, /p/, /s/
- Syllables
- 3 — OK · ta · PUS, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #11,944 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɑktəpʊs/
“octopus” — questions & answers
How do you spell “octopus”?
O-C-T-O-P-U-S in English; “oktapus” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “octopus”?
OK-ta-PUS — IPA /ˈɑktəˌpʊs/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “octopus”?
/ˈɑktəˌpʊs/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.