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police

pa-LEES

palees in Ingglish

IPA /pəˈlis/ · 2 syllables

How “police” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “police” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	p	o	l	ic	e	—
Ingglish	p	a	l	—	e	es

“police” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “police”
Ingglish	p	a	l	ee	s
IPA	/p/	/ə/	/l/	/i/	/s/

Sounds: 5 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /ə/, /i/ and 3 consonants /p/, /l/, /s/
Syllables: 2 — pa · LEES, stress on the 2nd
Frequency: very common: 242 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #408 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending: /is/

Words that rhyme with “police” (/is/)

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“police” — questions & answers

How do you spell “police”?

P-O-L-I-C-E in English; “palees” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “police”?

pa-LEES — IPA /pəˈlis/, 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “police”?

/pəˈlis/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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