Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schoolbus

/skˈulbˌʌs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: school-bus
IPA: /skˈulbˌʌs/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of school bus.

Example Sentences

"But it would be hard to fill a schoolbus with New Yorkers who know Robert Livingston, one of the lesser founding fathers, and George Clinton, not the guy with Parliament Funkadelic, but the other one who was Thomas Jefferson’s vice president."

Inflected Forms

schoolbuses (plural) schoolbusses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce schoolbus?: The recorded pronunciation is /skˈulbˌʌs/.
What does schoolbus mean?: Alternative form of school bus.

How to pronounce schoolbus

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “schoolbus”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/skˈulbˌʌs/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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Repeat and practice — Say “schoolbus” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.