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wholly

HOH-lee
hohlee
/ˈhoʊli/ · 2 syllables

“wholly” letter by letter

Each letter group of “wholly” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishwholly
Ingglishhohlee

How “wholly” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “wholly”
Ingglishhohlee
IPA/h//oʊ//l//i/
Sounds
4 from 6 letters — 2 vowels /oʊ/, /i/ and 2 consonants /h/, /l/
Syllables
2 — HOH · lee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common — 1.4 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #14,614 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/li/

Words that sound like “wholly” (homophones)

holy

Words that rhyme with “wholly” (/li/)

reallyonlyfamilyactuallyprobablyexactlycertainlyfinallyabsolutelycharlie

“wholly” — questions & answers

How do you spell “wholly”?

W-H-O-L-L-Y in English; “hohlee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “wholly”?

HOH-lee — IPA /ˈhoʊli/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What words sound like “wholly”?

“holy” — same sounds, different spelling.

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