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surround

ser-OUND

seround

IPA /sɝˈaʊnd/ · 2 syllables

“surround” letter by letter

Each letter group of “surround” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	s	urr	ou	n	d
Ingglish	s	er	ou	n	d

How “surround” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “surround”
Ingglish	s	er	ou	n	d
IPA	/s/	/ɝ/	/aʊ/	/n/	/d/

Sounds: 5 from 8 letters — 2 vowels /ɝ/, /aʊ/ and 3 consonants /s/, /n/, /d/
Syllables: 2 — ser · OUND, stress on the 2nd
Frequency: fairly common — 3.1 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #9,163 of 48,804
Rhyme ending: /aʊnd/

Words that rhyme with “surround” (/aʊnd/)

around profound rebound impound renowned inbound confound aground unsound astound

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“surround” — questions & answers

How do you spell “surround”?

S-U-R-R-O-U-N-D in English; “seround” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “surround”?

ser-OUND — IPA /sɝˈaʊnd/, 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “surround”?

/sɝˈaʊnd/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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