xylophone
ZAI-la-FOHN
zailafohn
/ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/ · 3 syllables
“xylophone” letter by letter
| English | xy | l | — | o | p | h | o | n | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | zai | l | af | o | — | h | — | n | — |
How “xylophone” sounds out
| Ingglish | z | ai | l | a | f | oh | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /z/ | /aɪ/ | /l/ | /ə/ | /f/ | /oʊ/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 7 from 9 letters — 3 vowels /aɪ/, /ə/, /oʊ/ and 4 consonants /z/, /l/, /f/, /n/
- Syllables
- 3 — ZAI · la · FOHN, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon — 0.18 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #33,863 of 48,804
- Rhyme ending
- /oʊn/
Words that rhyme with “xylophone” (/oʊn/)
ownalonephoneknownstonetelephonebonegrownthrownzone
“xylophone” — questions & answers
How do you spell “xylophone”?
X-Y-L-O-P-H-O-N-E in English; “zailafohn” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “xylophone”?
ZAI-la-FOHN — IPA /ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.