* f - /f/
* i - /ɪ/
* x - /ks/ (This is a digraph, representing two sounds)
* es - /ɪz/ (This is a suffix, but it's pronounced as a single phoneme)
Therefore, the word "fixes" has 4 phonemes.
* f - /f/
* i - /ɪ/
* x - /ks/ (This is a digraph, representing two sounds)
* es - /ɪz/ (This is a suffix, but it's pronounced as a single phoneme)
Therefore, the word "fixes" has 4 phonemes.