IPA Transcription of "ko" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “ko” is /ˈkoʊ/.

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koˈkoʊ

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/kæɪ ˈəʉ/
English (United Kingdom)/ˌkeɪˈəʊ/

Similar Pronunciations

/boʊ/7

/doʊ/5

/foʊ/3

/hoʊ/4

/ikoʊ/1

/joʊ/4

/kaʊ/6

/kioʊ/4

/kjoʊ/1

/kloʊ/4

Items

  • KoWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Ko2011 Tamil film directed by K. V. Anand
  • KoKorean family name (고, 高)
  • Ko2011 soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj
  • ko
  • KOCanadian musician
  • Kosubdistrict in Li district, Lamphun province, Thailand

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