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cretaceous

kri-TAY-shis
kritayshis in Ingglish
IPA /kɹɪˈteɪʃɪs/ · 3 syllables

How “cretaceous” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “cretaceous” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishcretaceous—
Ingglishkritayshis

“cretaceous” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “cretaceous”
Ingglishkritayshis
IPA/k//ɹ//ɪ//t//eɪ//ʃ//ɪ//s/
Sounds
8 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /eɪ/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /k/, /ɹ/, /t/, /ʃ/, /s/
Syllables
3 — kri · TAY · shis, stress on the 2nd
Frequency
uncommon: 0.24 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #30,446 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/eɪʃɪs/

“cretaceous” — questions & answers

How do you spell “cretaceous”?

C-R-E-T-A-C-E-O-U-S in English; “kritayshis” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “cretaceous”?

kri-TAY-shis — IPA /kɹɪˈteɪʃɪs/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “cretaceous”?

/kɹɪˈteɪʃɪs/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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