saxophone
SAK-sa-FOHN
saksafohn in Ingglish
IPA /ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/ · 3 syllables
How “saxophone” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | sa | x | o | p | h | o | n | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | sa | ksaf | o | — | h | — | n | — |
“saxophone” sound by sound
| Ingglish | s | a | k | s | a | f | oh | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /s/ | /æ/ | /k/ | /s/ | /ə/ | /f/ | /oʊ/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /æ/, /ə/, /oʊ/ and 5 consonants /s/, /k/, /s/, /f/, /n/
- Syllables
- 3 — SAK · sa · FOHN, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #12,919 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /æksəfoʊn/
“saxophone” — questions & answers
How do you spell “saxophone”?
S-A-X-O-P-H-O-N-E in English; “saksafohn” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “saxophone”?
SAK-sa-FOHN — IPA /ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “saxophone”?
/ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.