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poorhouse

POOR-HOUS
poorhous in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpuɹˌhaʊs/ · 2 syllables

How “poorhouse” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “poorhouse” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpoorhouse
Ingglishpoorhous

“poorhouse” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “poorhouse”
Ingglishpoorhous
IPA/p//u//ɹ//h//aʊ//s/
Sounds
6 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /u/, /aʊ/ and 4 consonants /p/, /ɹ/, /h/, /s/
Syllables
2 — POOR · HOUS, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.26 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #30,053 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/uɹhaʊs/

“poorhouse” — questions & answers

How do you spell “poorhouse”?

P-O-O-R-H-O-U-S-E in English; “poorhous” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “poorhouse”?

POOR-HOUS — IPA /ˈpuɹˌhaʊs/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “poorhouse”?

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

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