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sylvester

sil-VE-ster
silvester in Ingglish
IPA /sɪlˈvɛstɝ/ · 3 syllables

How “sylvester” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “sylvester” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishsylvester
Ingglishsilvester

“sylvester” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “sylvester”
Ingglishsilvester
IPA/s//ɪ//l//v//ɛ//s//t//ɝ/
Sounds
8 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ɝ/ and 5 consonants /s/, /l/, /v/, /s/, /t/
Syllables
3 — sil · VE · ster, stress on the 2nd
Frequency
fairly common: 1.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #12,928 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛstɝ/

Words that sound like “sylvester” (homophones)

silvester

Words that rhyme with “sylvester” (/ɛstɝ/)

semesterinvestormolestertrimestersequesterrequestersilvesterlesterchesteresther

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“sylvester” — questions & answers

How do you spell “sylvester”?

S-Y-L-V-E-S-T-E-R in English; “silvester” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “sylvester”?

sil-VE-ster — IPA /sɪlˈvɛstɝ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “sylvester”?

/sɪlˈvɛstɝ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What words sound like “sylvester”?

“silvester” — same sounds, different spelling.

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