How Do You Spell AHOY?

Ahoy is a nautical greeting used by sailors to hail other ships or boats. It is spelled with the letters A, H, O and Y. The IPA phonetic transcription of the word Ahoy is /əˈhɔɪ/. The first syllable is pronounced with an unstressed schwa sound, followed by a stressed /h/ sound. The second syllable is pronounced with a diphthong, which starts with an open-mid back rounded vowel /ɔ/ and ends with an open front unrounded vowel /ɪ/. The final consonant, Y, is pronounced as a consonantal /j/ sound.

Common Misspellings for AHOY

11 words made out of letters AHOY

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