IPA Transcription of "whale" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “whale” is /eɪl/.

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/wæɪl/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈweɪl/

Similar Pronunciations

/aɪl/4

/beɪl/8

/bɪl/3

/deɪl/4

/dɪl/2

/eɪ/8

/eɪb/1

/eɪd/4

/eɪi/1

/eɪk/2

Derivations

  • whales/ˈweɪlz/ /eɪlz/ /ˈhweɪlz/
  • whaling/hˈweɪlɪŋ/ /ˈhweɪlɪŋ/ /ˈeɪlɪŋ/ /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
  • whaler/ˈweɪlɚ/ /hˈweɪlɚ/ /ˈhweɪlɚ/ /ˈeɪlɚ/

Similar Words

  • whaler
    /ˈweɪlɚ//hˈweɪlɚ//ˈhweɪlɚ//ˈeɪlɚ/
  • whales
    /ˈweɪlz//eɪlz//ˈhweɪlz/
  • hale
    /ˈheɪl/
  • whate
    /weɪt/
  • while
    /ˈhwaɪl//ˈwaɪl//aɪl/
  • shale
    /ˈʃeɪl/
  • whare
    /ˈwɑɹi/
  • whaley
    /ˈweɪli//hˈweɪli//ˈhweɪli/
  • whalen
    /ˈweɪlən//hˈweɪlən//ˈhweɪlən/
  • wale
    /ˈweɪl/

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