Question

What word has five letters but sounds like it only has one

Answer 1

Answer:

queue pronounced as 'q'

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The word ‘queue’ has five letters but sounds like it has only one.

Explanation:

Queue is an English word that has several meanings. It can be used both as a noun or verb. As a noun it has several meanings like: a line of people, an animal’s tail, a waiting list, a computing data structure. As a verb it refers to the action of lining up.

Although the word has five letters the four vowels are pronounced as one, conjointly with the consonant ‘Q’. Phonetically the word queue can be transcribed as /kju:/. The sound of k is pronounced together with the round-lipped pronunciation of the word ‘you’ together making it one single sound.