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pelican

PE-la-kan
pelakan in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɛləkən/ · 3 syllables

How “pelican” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “pelican” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpelica—n
Ingglishpelakan

“pelican” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “pelican”
Ingglishpelakan
IPA/p//ɛ//l//ə//k//ə//n/
Sounds
7 sounds from 7 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /p/, /l/, /k/, /n/
Syllables
3 — PE · la · kan, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.8 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #12,650 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛləkən/

“pelican” — questions & answers

How do you spell “pelican”?

P-E-L-I-C-A-N in English; “pelakan” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “pelican”?

PE-la-kan — IPA /ˈpɛləkən/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “pelican”?

/ˈpɛləkən/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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