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whiskey

WI-skee
wiskee
IPA /ˈwɪski/ · 2 syllables

“whiskey” letter by letter

Each letter group of “whiskey” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishwhiskey
Ingglishwiskee

How “whiskey” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “whiskey”
Ingglishwiskee
IPA/w//ɪ//s//k//i/
Sounds
5 from 7 letters — 2 vowels /ɪ/, /i/ and 3 consonants /w/, /s/, /k/
Syllables
2 — WI · skee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common — 16.5 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #3,070 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɪski/

Words that sound like “whiskey” (homophones)

whisky

Words that rhyme with “whiskey” (/ɪski/)

riskywhiskyfriskybrisky

“whiskey” — questions & answers

How do you spell “whiskey”?

W-H-I-S-K-E-Y in English; “wiskee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “whiskey”?

WI-skee — IPA /ˈwɪski/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “whiskey”?

/ˈwɪski/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What words sound like “whiskey”?

“whisky” — same sounds, different spelling.

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