suffocate
SUH-fa-KAYT
suhfakayt in Ingglish
IPA /ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/ · 3 syllables
How “suffocate” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | su | f | f | oc | a | — | t | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | su | h | f | — | a | kay | t | — |
“suffocate” sound by sound
| Ingglish | s | uh | f | a | k | ay | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /s/ | /ʌ/ | /f/ | /ə/ | /k/ | /eɪ/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ʌ/, /ə/, /eɪ/ and 4 consonants /s/, /f/, /k/, /t/
- Syllables
- 3 — SUH · fa · KAYT, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.5 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #13,792 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ʌfəkeɪt/
“suffocate” — questions & answers
How do you spell “suffocate”?
S-U-F-F-O-C-A-T-E in English; “suhfakayt” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “suffocate”?
SUH-fa-KAYT — IPA /ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “suffocate”?
/ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.