wannabe
WO-na-BEE
wonabee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈwɑnəˌbi/ · 3 syllables
How “wannabe” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | w | an | nab | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | w | o | nab | ee |
“wannabe” sound by sound
| Ingglish | w | o | n | a | b | ee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /w/ | /ɑ/ | /n/ | /ə/ | /b/ | /i/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /ə/, /i/ and 3 consonants /w/, /n/, /b/
- Syllables
- 3 — WO · na · BEE, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #15,258 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɑnəbi/
“wannabe” — questions & answers
How do you spell “wannabe”?
W-A-N-N-A-B-E in English; “wonabee” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “wannabe”?
WO-na-BEE — IPA /ˈwɑnəˌbi/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “wannabe”?
/ˈwɑnəˌbi/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.