policeman
pa-LEE-sman
paleesman in Ingglish
IPA /pəˈlismən/ · 3 syllables
How “policeman” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | p | o | l | ic | e | — | man |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | p | a | l | — | e | es | man |
“policeman” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | a | l | ee | s | m | a | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /ə/ | /l/ | /i/ | /s/ | /m/ | /ə/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ə/, /i/, /ə/ and 5 consonants /p/, /l/, /s/, /m/, /n/
- Syllables
- 3 — pa · LEE · sman, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- common: 12.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #3,869 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ismən/
“policeman” — questions & answers
How do you spell “policeman”?
P-O-L-I-C-E-M-A-N in English; “paleesman” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “policeman”?
pa-LEE-sman — IPA /pəˈlismən/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “policeman”?
/pəˈlismən/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.