defenseless
di-FEN-slas
difenslas in Ingglish
IPA /dɪˈfɛnsləs/ · 3 syllables
How “defenseless” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | d | e | fen | se | l | es | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | d | i | fen | s | l | a | s |
“defenseless” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | i | f | e | n | s | l | a | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɪ/ | /f/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /s/ | /l/ | /ə/ | /s/ |
- Sounds
- 9 sounds from 11 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ə/ and 6 consonants /d/, /f/, /n/, /s/, /l/, /s/
- Syllables
- 3 — di · FEN · slas, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #14,649 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛnsləs/
Words that rhyme with “defenseless” (/ɛnsləs/)
“defenseless” — questions & answers
How do you spell “defenseless”?
D-E-F-E-N-S-E-L-E-S-S in English; “difenslas” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “defenseless”?
di-FEN-slas — IPA /dɪˈfɛnsləs/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “defenseless”?
/dɪˈfɛnsləs/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.