pennsylvania
PEN-sal-VAY-nya
pensalvaynya in Ingglish
IPA /ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə/ · 4 syllables
How “pennsylvania” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | pe | nn | s | y | lv | a | n | i | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | pe | n | s | a | lv | ay | n | y | a |
“pennsylvania” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | e | n | s | a | l | v | ay | n | y | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /s/ | /ə/ | /l/ | /v/ | /eɪ/ | /n/ | /j/ | /ə/ |
- Sounds
- 11 sounds from 12 letters: 4 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /eɪ/, /ə/ and 7 consonants /p/, /n/, /s/, /l/, /v/, /n/, /j/
- Syllables
- 4 — PEN · sal · VAY · nya, stress on the 3rd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 4.8 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #7,090 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /eɪnjə/
“pennsylvania” — questions & answers
How do you spell “pennsylvania”?
P-E-N-N-S-Y-L-V-A-N-I-A in English; “pensalvaynya” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “pennsylvania”?
PEN-sal-VAY-nya — IPA /ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə/, 4 syllables, stress on the 3rd.
What is the IPA for “pennsylvania”?
/ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 3rd.