despair
di-SPAIR
dispair in Ingglish
IPA /dɪˈspɛɹ/ · 2 syllables
How “despair” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | d | e | spair |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | d | i | spair |
“despair” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | i | s | p | e | r |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɪ/ | /s/ | /p/ | /ɛ/ | /ɹ/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/ and 4 consonants /d/, /s/, /p/, /ɹ/
- Syllables
- 2 — di · SPAIR, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 6.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,140 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛɹ/
Words that rhyme with “despair” (/ɛɹ/)
awareprepareaffairunfairrepaircomparepierredeclarebewarealtair
“despair” — questions & answers
How do you spell “despair”?
D-E-S-P-A-I-R in English; “dispair” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “despair”?
di-SPAIR — IPA /dɪˈspɛɹ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “despair”?
/dɪˈspɛɹ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.