contrary
KON-tre-ree
kontrairee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/ · 3 syllables
How “contrary” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | c | ontr | a | r | y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | k | ontr | ai | r | ee |
“contrary” sound by sound
| Ingglish | k | o | n | t | r | e | r | ee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /k/ | /ɑ/ | /n/ | /t/ | /ɹ/ | /ɛ/ | /ɹ/ | /i/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /ɛ/, /i/ and 5 consonants /k/, /n/, /t/, /ɹ/, /ɹ/
- Syllables
- 3 — KON · tre · ree, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 9.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #4,685 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɑntɹɛɹi/
“contrary” — questions & answers
How do you spell “contrary”?
C-O-N-T-R-A-R-Y in English; “kontrairee” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “contrary”?
KON-tre-ree — IPA /ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “contrary”?
/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.