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snafu

SNA-foo
snafoo in Ingglish
IPA /ˈsnæfu/ · 2 syllables

How “snafu” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “snafu” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishsnafu
Ingglishsnafoo

“snafu” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “snafu”
Ingglishsnafoo
IPA/s//n//æ//f//u/
Sounds
5 sounds from 5 letters: 2 vowels /æ/, /u/ and 3 consonants /s/, /n/, /f/
Syllables
2 — SNA · foo, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.54 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #23,077 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/æfu/

“snafu” — questions & answers

How do you spell “snafu”?

S-N-A-F-U in English; “snafoo” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “snafu”?

SNA-foo — IPA /ˈsnæfu/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “snafu”?

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

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