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shelf

SHELF
shelf
IPA /ˈʃɛlf/ · 1 syllable

“shelf” letter by letter

Each letter group of “shelf” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishshelf
Ingglishshelf

How “shelf” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “shelf”
Ingglishshelf
IPA/ʃ//ɛ//l//f/
Sounds
4 from 5 letters — 1 vowel /ɛ/ and 3 consonants /ʃ/, /l/, /f/
Syllables
1 — SHELF
Frequency
fairly common — 7.1 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #5,503 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɛlf/

Words that rhyme with “shelf” (/ɛlf/)

selfelfyourselfmyselfhimselfherselfitselfoneselfhisselfthyself

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“shelf” — questions & answers

How do you spell “shelf”?

S-H-E-L-F in English; “shelf” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “shelf”?

SHELF — IPA /ˈʃɛlf/, 1 syllable.

What is the IPA for “shelf”?

/ˈʃɛlf/ — 1 syllable.

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