polka
POHL-ko
pohlko in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpoʊlkɑ/ · 2 syllables
How “polka” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | p | o | lk | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | p | oh | lk | o |
“polka” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | oh | l | k | o |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /oʊ/ | /l/ | /k/ | /ɑ/ |
- Sounds
- 5 sounds from 5 letters: 2 vowels /oʊ/, /ɑ/ and 3 consonants /p/, /l/, /k/
- Syllables
- 2 — POHL · ko, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.5 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #10,518 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /oʊlkɑ/
“polka” — questions & answers
How do you spell “polka”?
P-O-L-K-A in English; “pohlko” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “polka”?
POHL-ko — IPA /ˈpoʊlkɑ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “polka”?
/ˈpoʊlkɑ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.