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poignant

POI-nyant
poinyant in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɔɪnjənt/ · 2 syllables

How “poignant” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “poignant” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpoign—ant
Ingglishpoinyant

“poignant” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “poignant”
Ingglishpoinyant
IPA/p//ɔɪ//n//j//ə//n//t/
Sounds
7 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /ɔɪ/, /ə/ and 5 consonants /p/, /n/, /j/, /n/, /t/
Syllables
2 — POI · nyant, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.52 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #23,371 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɔɪnjənt/

“poignant” — questions & answers

How do you spell “poignant”?

P-O-I-G-N-A-N-T in English; “poinyant” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “poignant”?

POI-nyant — IPA /ˈpɔɪnjənt/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “poignant”?

/ˈpɔɪnjənt/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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