acquaintance
a-KWAYN-tans
akwayntans in Ingglish
IPA /əˈkweɪntəns/ · 3 syllables
How “acquaintance” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | a | cqu | ai | n | t | ance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | a | kw | ay | n | t | ans |
“acquaintance” sound by sound
| Ingglish | a | k | w | ay | n | t | a | n | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ə/ | /k/ | /w/ | /eɪ/ | /n/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /n/ | /s/ |
- Sounds
- 9 sounds from 12 letters: 3 vowels /ə/, /eɪ/, /ə/ and 6 consonants /k/, /w/, /n/, /t/, /n/, /s/
- Syllables
- 3 — a · KWAYN · tans, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 5.5 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,513 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /eɪntəns/
“acquaintance” — questions & answers
How do you spell “acquaintance”?
A-C-Q-U-A-I-N-T-A-N-C-E in English; “akwayntans” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “acquaintance”?
a-KWAYN-tans — IPA /əˈkweɪntəns/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “acquaintance”?
/əˈkweɪntəns/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.