platypus
PLA-ta-PUS
platapus in Ingglish
IPA /ˈplætəˌpʊs/ · 3 syllables
How “platypus” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | plat | y | pus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | plat | a | pus |
“platypus” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | l | a | t | a | p | u | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /l/ | /æ/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /p/ | /ʊ/ | /s/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /æ/, /ə/, /ʊ/ and 5 consonants /p/, /l/, /t/, /p/, /s/
- Syllables
- 3 — PLA · ta · PUS, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- rare: 0.06 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #42,126 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ætəpʊs/
“platypus” — questions & answers
How do you spell “platypus”?
P-L-A-T-Y-P-U-S in English; “platapus” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “platypus”?
PLA-ta-PUS — IPA /ˈplætəˌpʊs/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “platypus”?
/ˈplætəˌpʊs/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.