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cretin

KREE-tan
kreetan in Ingglish
IPA /ˈkɹitən/ · 2 syllables

How “cretin” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “cretin” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishcretin
Ingglishkreetan

“cretin” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “cretin”
Ingglishkreetan
IPA/k//ɹ//i//t//ə//n/
Sounds
6 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /i/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /k/, /ɹ/, /t/, /n/
Syllables
2 — KREE · tan, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #17,025 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/itən/

Words that rhyme with “cretin” (/itən/)

eatenbeatensetonsweetenetonwheatenunbeaten

“cretin” — questions & answers

How do you spell “cretin”?

C-R-E-T-I-N in English; “kreetan” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “cretin”?

KREE-tan — IPA /ˈkɹitən/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “cretin”?

/ˈkɹitən/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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