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surly

SER-lee

serlee in Ingglish

IPA /ˈsɝli/ · 2 syllables

How “surly” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “surly” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	s	ur	l	y
Ingglish	s	er	l	ee

“surly” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “surly”
Ingglish	s	er	l	ee
IPA	/s/	/ɝ/	/l/	/i/

Sounds: 4 sounds 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 of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #20,335 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending: /ɝli/

Words that rhyme with “surly” (/ɝli/)

early shirley curly hurley girlie burley pearly burly hurly

“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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