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purgatory

PER-ga-TAW-ree
pergatoree in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɝɡəˌtɔɹi/ · 4 syllables

How “purgatory” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “purgatory” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpurgatory
Ingglishpergatoree

“purgatory” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “purgatory”
Ingglishpergatawree
IPA/p//ɝ//ɡ//ə//t//ɔ//ɹ//i/
Sounds
8 sounds from 9 letters: 4 vowels /ɝ/, /ə/, /ɔ/, /i/ and 4 consonants /p/, /ɡ/, /t/, /ɹ/
Syllables
4 — PER · ga · TAW · ree, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,146 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɝɡətɔɹi/

“purgatory” — questions & answers

How do you spell “purgatory”?

P-U-R-G-A-T-O-R-Y in English; “pergatoree” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “purgatory”?

PER-ga-TAW-ree — IPA /ˈpɝɡəˌtɔɹi/, 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “purgatory”?

/ˈpɝɡəˌtɔɹi/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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