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telephone

TE-la-FOHN
telafohn in Ingglish
IPA /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ · 3 syllables

How “telephone” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “telephone” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishtelephone
Ingglishtelafohn—

“telephone” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “telephone”
Ingglishtelafohn
IPA/t//ɛ//l//ə//f//oʊ//n/
Sounds
7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /oʊ/ and 4 consonants /t/, /l/, /f/, /n/
Syllables
3 — TE · la · FOHN, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common: 33.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #1,801 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛləfoʊn/

“telephone” — questions & answers

How do you spell “telephone”?

T-E-L-E-P-H-O-N-E in English; “telafohn” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “telephone”?

TE-la-FOHN — IPA /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “telephone”?

/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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