The word "figapple" consists of two separate words, "fig" and "apple", which combine to form a compound word. The IPA phonetic transcription for "fig" is /fɪɡ/, while the transcription for "apple" is /ˈæpl/. When they are joined, the "g" sound from "fig" links with the first "a" sound in "apple" to create a glide, resulting in the pronunciation /ˈfɪɡæpl/. Despite the word being spelled as a single word, its pronunciation is made up of two separate sounds.