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phosphorous

FOS-fer-as
fosferas in Ingglish
IPA /ˈfɑsfɝəs/ · 3 syllables

How “phosphorous” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “phosphorous” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishphosphorous
Ingglishfosferas

“phosphorous” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “phosphorous”
Ingglishfosferas
IPA/f//ɑ//s//f//ɝ//ə//s/
Sounds
7 sounds from 11 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /ɝ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /f/, /s/, /f/, /s/
Syllables
3 — FOS · fer · as, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.24 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #30,795 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɑsfɝəs/

Words that sound like “phosphorous” (homophones)

phosphorus

Words that rhyme with “phosphorous” (/ɑsfɝəs/)

phosphorus

“phosphorous” — questions & answers

How do you spell “phosphorous”?

P-H-O-S-P-H-O-R-O-U-S in English; “fosferas” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “phosphorous”?

FOS-fer-as — IPA /ˈfɑsfɝəs/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “phosphorous”?

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

What words sound like “phosphorous”?

“phosphorus” — same sounds, different spelling.

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