Ingglish Translator

sexy

SEK-see

seksee

/ˈsɛksi/ · 2 syllables

“sexy” letter by letter

Each letter group of “sexy” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	s	e	x	y
Ingglish	s	e	ks	ee

How “sexy” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “sexy”
Ingglish	s	e	k	s	ee
IPA	/s/	/ɛ/	/k/	/s/	/i/

Sounds: 5 from 4 letters — 2 vowels /ɛ/, /i/ and 3 consonants /s/, /k/, /s/
Syllables: 2 — SEK · see, stress on the 1st
Frequency: common — 30.8 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #1,900 of 48,804
Rhyme ending: /si/

Words that rhyme with “sexy” (/si/)

see sea emergency lucy fancy policy taxi pussy mercy jesse

“sexy” — questions & answers

How do you spell “sexy”?

S-E-X-Y in English; “seksee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “sexy”?

SEK-see — IPA /ˈsɛksi/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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