oxymoron
OK-SEE-MAW-ron
okseemoron in Ingglish
IPA /ˌɑkˈsiˈmɔɹɑn/ · 4 syllables
How “oxymoron” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | o | xy | moron |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | o | ksee | moron |
“oxymoron” sound by sound
| Ingglish | o | k | s | ee | m | aw | r | o | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɑ/ | /k/ | /s/ | /i/ | /m/ | /ɔ/ | /ɹ/ | /ɑ/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 9 sounds from 8 letters: 4 vowels /ɑ/, /i/, /ɔ/, /ɑ/ and 5 consonants /k/, /s/, /m/, /ɹ/, /n/
- Syllables
- 4 — OK · SEE · MAW · ron, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.28 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #29,330 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /imɔɹɑn/
“oxymoron” — questions & answers
How do you spell “oxymoron”?
O-X-Y-M-O-R-O-N in English; “okseemoron” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “oxymoron”?
OK-SEE-MAW-ron — IPA /ˌɑkˈsiˈmɔɹɑn/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “oxymoron”?
/ˌɑkˈsiˈmɔɹɑn/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.