chieftain
CHEEF-tan
cheeftan in Ingglish
IPA /ˈtʃiftən/ · 2 syllables
How “chieftain” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | c | hi | e | — | ft | ai | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | c | h | e | e | ft | a | n |
“chieftain” sound by sound
| Ingglish | ch | ee | f | t | a | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /tʃ/ | /i/ | /f/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /i/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /tʃ/, /f/, /t/, /n/
- Syllables
- 2 — CHEEF · tan, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.30 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #28,428 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /iftən/
“chieftain” — questions & answers
How do you spell “chieftain”?
C-H-I-E-F-T-A-I-N in English; “cheeftan” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “chieftain”?
CHEEF-tan — IPA /ˈtʃiftən/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “chieftain”?
/ˈtʃiftən/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.