alternative
awl-TER-na-tiv
awlternativ in Ingglish
IPA /ɔlˈtɝnətɪv/ · 4 syllables
How “alternative” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | al | t | er | n | a | t | i | v | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | awl | t | er | n | a | t | i | v | — |
“alternative” sound by sound
| Ingglish | aw | l | t | er | n | a | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɔ/ | /l/ | /t/ | /ɝ/ | /n/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 9 sounds from 11 letters: 4 vowels /ɔ/, /ɝ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /l/, /t/, /n/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 4 — awl · TER · na · tiv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 9.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #4,547 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɝnətɪv/
“alternative” — questions & answers
How do you spell “alternative”?
A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V-E in English; “awlternativ” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “alternative”?
awl-TER-na-tiv — IPA /ɔlˈtɝnətɪv/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “alternative”?
/ɔlˈtɝnətɪv/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.