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volleyball

VO-lee-BAWL
voleebawl in Ingglish
IPA /ˈvɑliˌbɔl/ · 3 syllables

How “volleyball” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “volleyball” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishvolleyball
Ingglishvoleebawl—

“volleyball” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “volleyball”
Ingglishvoleebawl
IPA/v//ɑ//l//i//b//ɔ//l/
Sounds
7 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /i/, /ɔ/ and 4 consonants /v/, /l/, /b/, /l/
Syllables
3 — VO · lee · BAWL, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,039 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɑlibɔl/

“volleyball” — questions & answers

How do you spell “volleyball”?

V-O-L-L-E-Y-B-A-L-L in English; “voleebawl” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “volleyball”?

VO-lee-BAWL — IPA /ˈvɑliˌbɔl/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “volleyball”?

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

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