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slippery

SLI-per-ee
sliperee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈslɪpɝi/ · 3 syllables

How “slippery” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “slippery” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishslippery
Ingglishsliperee

“slippery” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “slippery”
Ingglishsliperee
IPA/s//l//ɪ//p//ɝ//i/
Sounds
6 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɝ/, /i/ and 3 consonants /s/, /l/, /p/
Syllables
3 — SLI · per · ee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 4.5 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #7,373 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɪpɝi/

“slippery” — questions & answers

How do you spell “slippery”?

S-L-I-P-P-E-R-Y in English; “sliperee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “slippery”?

SLI-per-ee — IPA /ˈslɪpɝi/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “slippery”?

/ˈslɪpɝi/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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