IPA
/ˌaɪ.piːˈeɪ/noun
IPA is spelled I-P-A: 3 letters. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, IPA means “Initialism of isopropyl alcohol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of IPA is IPAs.
How many letters and syllables are in IPA?
| Letters | 3: I-P-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is IPA?
IPA appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce IPA?
- /ˌaɪ.piːˈeɪ/
- [ˌaɪ.pʰiːˈeɪ]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-IPA.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of IPA
- IPAs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does IPA mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of isopropyl alcohol.
- 2
Initialism of isophthalic acid.
- 3
Initialism of isopropyl acetate.
- 4
Initialism of India pale ale.
- 5
Transcription written in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
- 6
An IPA file, or an iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, or tvOS app distributed via IPA files.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).