Ingglish Translator

believes

bi-LEEVZ

bileevz

IPA /bɪˈlivz/ · 2 syllables

“believes” letter by letter

Each letter group of “believes” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	be	l	ie	v	e	s
Ingglish	bi	l	ee	v	—	z

How “believes” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “believes”
Ingglish	b	i	l	ee	v	z
IPA	/b/	/ɪ/	/l/	/i/	/v/	/z/

Sounds: 6 from 8 letters — 2 vowels /ɪ/, /i/ and 4 consonants /b/, /l/, /v/, /z/
Syllables: 2 — bi · LEEVZ, stress on the 2nd
Frequency: common — 17.8 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #2,906 of 48,804
Rhyme ending: /ivz/

Words that rhyme with “believes” (/ivz/)

receives achieves relieves perceives retrieves leaves thieves sleeves reeves grieves

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“believes” — questions & answers

How do you spell “believes”?

B-E-L-I-E-V-E-S in English; “bileevz” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “believes”?

bi-LEEVZ — IPA /bɪˈlivz/, 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “believes”?

/bɪˈlivz/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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