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pencil

PEN-sal

pensal in Ingglish

IPA /ˈpɛnsəl/ · 2 syllables

How “pencil” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “pencil” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	pen	ci	l
Ingglish	pen	sa	l

“pencil” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “pencil”
Ingglish	p	e	n	s	a	l
IPA	/p/	/ɛ/	/n/	/s/	/ə/	/l/

Sounds: 6 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /p/, /n/, /s/, /l/
Syllables: 2 — PEN · sal, stress on the 1st
Frequency: common: 10.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #4,373 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending: /ɛnsəl/

Words that rhyme with “pencil” (/ɛnsəl/)

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“pencil” — questions & answers

How do you spell “pencil”?

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

How do you pronounce “pencil”?

PEN-sal — IPA /ˈpɛnsəl/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “pencil”?

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

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