Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stop consonant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: stop -con-so-nant
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Example Sentences

"his stop consonants are too aspirated"

Synonyms

stop occlusive plosive consonant plosive speech sound plosive

Questions

What does stop consonant mean?: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

How to pronounce stop consonant

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