Ingglish Translator

shelves

SHELVZ

shelvz in Ingglish

IPA /ˈʃɛlvz/ · 1 syllable

How “shelves” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “shelves” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	sh	e	l	v	e	s
Ingglish	sh	e	l	v	—	z

“shelves” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “shelves”
Ingglish	sh	e	l	v	z
IPA	/ʃ/	/ɛ/	/l/	/v/	/z/

Sounds: 5 sounds from 7 letters: 1 vowel /ɛ/ and 4 consonants /ʃ/, /l/, /v/, /z/
Syllables: 1 — SHELVZ
Frequency: fairly common: 2.8 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #9,760 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending: /ɛlvz/

Words that rhyme with “shelves” (/ɛlvz/)

elves selves delves themselves yourselves theirselves ourselves

“shelves” — questions & answers

How do you spell “shelves”?

S-H-E-L-V-E-S in English; “shelvz” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “shelves”?

SHELVZ — IPA /ˈʃɛlvz/, 1 syllable.

What is the IPA for “shelves”?

/ˈʃɛlvz/ — 1 syllable.

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