scarcely
SKAIR-slee
skairslee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈskɛɹsli/ · 2 syllables
How “scarcely” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | s | c | a | — | r | ce | l | y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | s | k | a | i | r | s | l | ee |
“scarcely” sound by sound
| Ingglish | s | k | e | r | s | l | ee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /s/ | /k/ | /ɛ/ | /ɹ/ | /s/ | /l/ | /i/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /i/ and 5 consonants /s/, /k/, /ɹ/, /s/, /l/
- Syllables
- 2 — SKAIR · slee, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #14,474 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛɹsli/
“scarcely” — questions & answers
How do you spell “scarcely”?
S-C-A-R-C-E-L-Y in English; “skairslee” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “scarcely”?
SKAIR-slee — IPA /ˈskɛɹsli/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “scarcely”?
/ˈskɛɹsli/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.