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poorly

POOR-lee
poorlee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpuɹli/ · 2 syllables

How “poorly” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “poorly” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpoorly
Ingglishpoorlee

“poorly” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “poorly”
Ingglishpoorlee
IPA/p//u//ɹ//l//i/
Sounds
5 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /u/, /i/ and 3 consonants /p/, /ɹ/, /l/
Syllables
2 — POOR · lee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 2.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #10,061 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/uɹli/

“poorly” — questions & answers

How do you spell “poorly”?

P-O-O-R-L-Y in English; “poorlee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “poorly”?

POOR-lee — IPA /ˈpuɹli/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “poorly”?

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

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