descendant
di-SEN-dant
disendant in Ingglish
IPA /dɪˈsɛndənt/ · 3 syllables
How “descendant” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | d | e | s | c | e | n | d | ant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | d | i | — | s | e | n | d | ant |
“descendant” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | i | s | e | n | d | a | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɪ/ | /s/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /d/ | /ə/ | /n/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 9 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ə/ and 6 consonants /d/, /s/, /n/, /d/, /n/, /t/
- Syllables
- 3 — di · SEN · dant, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,395 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛndənt/
Words that sound like “descendant” (homophones)
Words that rhyme with “descendant” (/ɛndənt/)
defendantattendantdependentascendanttranscendentresplendentdescendentindependentpendantsuperintendent
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“descendant” — questions & answers
How do you spell “descendant”?
D-E-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-T in English; “disendant” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “descendant”?
di-SEN-dant — IPA /dɪˈsɛndənt/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “descendant”?
/dɪˈsɛndənt/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What words sound like “descendant”?
“descendent” — same sounds, different spelling.