defensiveness
di-FEN-siv-nas
difensivnas in Ingglish
IPA /dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/ · 4 syllables
How “defensiveness” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | de | f | e | n | s | i | v | eness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | di | f | e | n | s | i | v | nas |
“defensiveness” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | i | f | e | n | s | i | v | n | a | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɪ/ | /f/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /s/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ | /n/ | /ə/ | /s/ |
- Sounds
- 11 sounds from 13 letters: 4 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ə/ and 7 consonants /d/, /f/, /n/, /s/, /v/, /n/, /s/
- Syllables
- 4 — di · FEN · siv · nas, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- rare: 0.02 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #46,134 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛnsɪvnəs/
“defensiveness” — questions & answers
How do you spell “defensiveness”?
D-E-F-E-N-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S in English; “difensivnas” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “defensiveness”?
di-FEN-siv-nas — IPA /dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “defensiveness”?
/dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.