descent
di-SENT
disent in Ingglish
IPA /dɪˈsɛnt/ · 2 syllables
How “descent” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | d | e | s | c | ent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | d | i | s | — | ent |
“descent” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | i | s | e | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɪ/ | /s/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/ and 4 consonants /d/, /s/, /n/, /t/
- Syllables
- 2 — di · SENT, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #10,083 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛnt/
Words that sound like “descent” (homophones)
Words that rhyme with “descent” (/ɛnt/)
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“descent” — questions & answers
How do you spell “descent”?
D-E-S-C-E-N-T in English; “disent” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “descent”?
di-SENT — IPA /dɪˈsɛnt/, 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “descent”?
/dɪˈsɛnt/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What words sound like “descent”?
“dissent” — same sounds, different spelling.