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shellfish

SHEL-FISH
shelfish in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/ · 2 syllables

How “shellfish” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “shellfish” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishshellfish
Ingglishshelfish

“shellfish” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “shellfish”
Ingglishshelfish
IPA/ʃ//ɛ//l//f//ɪ//ʃ/
Sounds
6 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /ʃ/, /l/, /f/, /ʃ/
Syllables
2 — SHEL · FISH, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #17,274 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛlfɪʃ/

Words that rhyme with “shellfish” (/ɛlfɪʃ/)

selfish

“shellfish” — questions & answers

How do you spell “shellfish”?

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

How do you pronounce “shellfish”?

SHEL-FISH — IPA /ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “shellfish”?

/ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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