descriptive
di-SKRIP-tiv
diskriptiv in Ingglish
IPA /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ · 3 syllables
How “descriptive” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | d | e | s | c | r | i | p | t | i | v | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | d | i | s | k | r | i | p | t | i | v | — |
“descriptive” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | i | s | k | r | i | p | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɪ/ | /s/ | /k/ | /ɹ/ | /ɪ/ | /p/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 10 sounds from 11 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɪ/, /ɪ/ and 7 consonants /d/, /s/, /k/, /ɹ/, /p/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — di · SKRIP · tiv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.40 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #25,752 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪptɪv/
“descriptive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “descriptive”?
D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-V-E in English; “diskriptiv” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “descriptive”?
di-SKRIP-tiv — IPA /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “descriptive”?
/dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.