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penniless

PE-nee-las
peneelas in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɛniləs/ · 3 syllables

How “penniless” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “penniless” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpenniless
Ingglishpeneelas

“penniless” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “penniless”
Ingglishpeneelas
IPA/p//ɛ//n//i//l//ə//s/
Sounds
7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /i/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /p/, /n/, /l/, /s/
Syllables
3 — PE · nee · las, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #15,331 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛniləs/

“penniless” — questions & answers

How do you spell “penniless”?

P-E-N-N-I-L-E-S-S in English; “peneelas” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “penniless”?

PE-nee-las — IPA /ˈpɛniləs/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “penniless”?

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

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