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piggyback

PI-gee-BAK
pigeebak in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɪɡiˌbæk/ · 3 syllables

How “piggyback” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “piggyback” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpiggyback
Ingglishpigeebak

“piggyback” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “piggyback”
Ingglishpigeebak
IPA/p//ɪ//ɡ//i//b//æ//k/
Sounds
7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /i/, /æ/ and 4 consonants /p/, /ɡ/, /b/, /k/
Syllables
3 — PI · gee · BAK, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,459 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɪɡibæk/

“piggyback” — questions & answers

How do you spell “piggyback”?

P-I-G-G-Y-B-A-C-K in English; “pigeebak” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “piggyback”?

PI-gee-BAK — IPA /ˈpɪɡiˌbæk/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “piggyback”?

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

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