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purple

PER-pal
perpal in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɝpəl/ · 2 syllables

How “purple” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “purple” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpurple
Ingglishperpal—

“purple” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “purple”
Ingglishperpal
IPA/p//ɝ//p//ə//l/
Sounds
5 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /ɝ/, /ə/ and 3 consonants /p/, /p/, /l/
Syllables
2 — PER · pal, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common: 12.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #3,720 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɝpəl/

“purple” — questions & answers

How do you spell “purple”?

P-U-R-P-L-E in English; “perpal” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “purple”?

PER-pal — IPA /ˈpɝpəl/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “purple”?

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

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