controversial
KON-tra-VER-shal
kontravershal in Ingglish
IPA /ˌkɑntɹəˈvɝʃəl/ · 4 syllables
How “controversial” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | c | ontr | o | vers | i | al |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | k | ontr | a | vers | h | al |
“controversial” sound by sound
| Ingglish | k | o | n | t | r | a | v | er | sh | a | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /k/ | /ɑ/ | /n/ | /t/ | /ɹ/ | /ə/ | /v/ | /ɝ/ | /ʃ/ | /ə/ | /l/ |
- Sounds
- 11 sounds from 13 letters: 4 vowels /ɑ/, /ə/, /ɝ/, /ə/ and 7 consonants /k/, /n/, /t/, /ɹ/, /v/, /ʃ/, /l/
- Syllables
- 4 — KON · tra · VER · shal, stress on the 3rd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #11,271 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɝʃəl/
Words that rhyme with “controversial” (/ɝʃəl/)
commercialinertialuncontroversialherschel
“controversial” — questions & answers
How do you spell “controversial”?
C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-I-A-L in English; “kontravershal” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “controversial”?
KON-tra-VER-shal — IPA /ˌkɑntɹəˈvɝʃəl/, 4 syllables, stress on the 3rd.
What is the IPA for “controversial”?
/ˌkɑntɹəˈvɝʃəl/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 3rd.