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desperate

DE-sprit
desprit in Ingglish
IPA /ˈdɛspɹɪt/ · 2 syllables

How “desperate” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “desperate” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishdesperate
Ingglishdesprit—

“desperate” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “desperate”
Ingglishdesprit
IPA/d//ɛ//s//p//ɹ//ɪ//t/
Sounds
7 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /d/, /s/, /p/, /ɹ/, /t/
Syllables
2 — DE · sprit, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common: 26.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #2,158 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛspɹɪt/

“desperate” — questions & answers

How do you spell “desperate”?

D-E-S-P-E-R-A-T-E in English; “desprit” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “desperate”?

DE-sprit — IPA /ˈdɛspɹɪt/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “desperate”?

/ˈdɛspɹɪt/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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