alternate
AWL-ter-nat
awlternat in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɔltɝnət/ · 3 syllables
How “alternate” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | a | — | lterna | te |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | a | w | lterna | t |
“alternate” sound by sound
| Ingglish | aw | l | t | er | n | a | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɔ/ | /l/ | /t/ | /ɝ/ | /n/ | /ə/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɔ/, /ɝ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /l/, /t/, /n/, /t/
- Syllables
- 3 — AWL · ter · nat, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 3.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #8,418 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɔltɝnət/
“alternate” — questions & answers
How do you spell “alternate”?
A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-E in English; “awlternat” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “alternate”?
AWL-ter-nat — IPA /ˈɔltɝnət/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “alternate”?
/ˈɔltɝnət/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.