whistling
WI-sling
wisling in Ingglish
IPA /ˈwɪslɪŋ/ · 2 syllables
How “whistling” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | w | h | i | st | ling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | w | — | i | s | ling |
“whistling” sound by sound
| Ingglish | w | i | s | l | i | ng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /w/ | /ɪ/ | /s/ | /l/ | /ɪ/ | /ŋ/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /ɪ/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /w/, /s/, /l/, /ŋ/
- Syllables
- 2 — WI · sling, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 5.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,717 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪslɪŋ/
“whistling” — questions & answers
How do you spell “whistling”?
W-H-I-S-T-L-I-N-G in English; “wisling” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “whistling”?
WI-sling — IPA /ˈwɪslɪŋ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “whistling”?
/ˈwɪslɪŋ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.