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penguin

PENG-gwan
penggwan in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɛŋɡwən/ · 2 syllables

How “penguin” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “penguin” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpenguin
Ingglishpenggwan

“penguin” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “penguin”
Ingglishpenggwan
IPA/p//ɛ//ŋ//ɡ//w//ə//n/
Sounds
7 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/ and 5 consonants /p/, /ŋ/, /ɡ/, /w/, /n/
Syllables
2 — PENG · gwan, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 3.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #9,484 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛŋɡwən/

“penguin” — questions & answers

How do you spell “penguin”?

P-E-N-G-U-I-N in English; “penggwan” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “penguin”?

PENG-gwan — IPA /ˈpɛŋɡwən/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “penguin”?

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

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