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purposely

PER-pa-slee
perpaslee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɝpəsli/ · 3 syllables

How “purposely” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “purposely” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpurposely
Ingglishperpas—lee

“purposely” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “purposely”
Ingglishperpaslee
IPA/p//ɝ//p//ə//s//l//i/
Sounds
7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɝ/, /ə/, /i/ and 4 consonants /p/, /p/, /s/, /l/
Syllables
3 — PER · pa · slee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,472 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɝpəsli/

“purposely” — questions & answers

How do you spell “purposely”?

P-U-R-P-O-S-E-L-Y in English; “perpaslee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “purposely”?

PER-pa-slee — IPA /ˈpɝpəsli/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “purposely”?

/ˈpɝpəsli/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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