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surly

SER-lee
serlee
IPA /ˈsɝli/ · 2 syllables

“surly” letter by letter

Each letter group of “surly” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishsurly
Ingglishserlee

How “surly” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “surly”
Ingglishserlee
IPA/s//ɝ//l//i/
Sounds
4 from 5 letters — 2 vowels /ɝ/, /i/ and 2 consonants /s/, /l/
Syllables
2 — SER · lee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon — 0.72 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #20,335 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɝli/

Words that rhyme with “surly” (/ɝli/)

earlyshirleycurlyhurleygirlieburleypearlyburlyhurly

“surly” — questions & answers

How do you spell “surly”?

S-U-R-L-Y in English; “serlee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “surly”?

SER-lee — IPA /ˈsɝli/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “surly”?

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

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