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ancestor

AN-SE-ster
ansester in Ingglish
IPA /ˈænˌsɛstɝ/ · 3 syllables

How “ancestor” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “ancestor” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishancestor
Ingglishansester

“ancestor” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “ancestor”
Ingglishansester
IPA/æ//n//s//ɛ//s//t//ɝ/
Sounds
7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /æ/, /ɛ/, /ɝ/ and 4 consonants /n/, /s/, /s/, /t/
Syllables
3 — AN · SE · ster, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #12,840 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ænsɛstɝ/

“ancestor” — questions & answers

How do you spell “ancestor”?

A-N-C-E-S-T-O-R in English; “ansester” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “ancestor”?

AN-SE-ster — IPA /ˈænˌsɛstɝ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “ancestor”?

/ˈænˌsɛstɝ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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