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adoptive

a-DOP-tiv
adoptiv in Ingglish
IPA /əˈdɑptɪv/ · 3 syllables

How “adoptive” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “adoptive” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishadoptive
Ingglishadoptiv—

“adoptive” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “adoptive”
Ingglishadoptiv
IPA/ə//d//ɑ//p//t//ɪ//v/
Sounds
7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ə/, /ɑ/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /d/, /p/, /t/, /v/
Syllables
3 — a · DOP · tiv, stress on the 2nd
Frequency
uncommon: 0.60 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #21,780 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɑptɪv/

“adoptive” — questions & answers

How do you spell “adoptive”?

A-D-O-P-T-I-V-E in English; “adoptiv” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “adoptive”?

a-DOP-tiv — IPA /əˈdɑptɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “adoptive”?

/əˈdɑptɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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