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desperately

DE-sper-at-lee
desperatlee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈdɛspɝətli/ · 4 syllables

How “desperately” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “desperately” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishdesperately
Ingglishdesperatlee

“desperately” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “desperately”
Ingglishdesperatlee
IPA/d//ɛ//s//p//ɝ//ə//t//l//i/
Sounds
9 sounds from 11 letters: 4 vowels /ɛ/, /ɝ/, /ə/, /i/ and 5 consonants /d/, /s/, /p/, /t/, /l/
Syllables
4 — DE · sper · at · lee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 6.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,162 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛspɝətli/

“desperately” — questions & answers

How do you spell “desperately”?

D-E-S-P-E-R-A-T-E-L-Y in English; “desperatlee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “desperately”?

DE-sper-at-lee — IPA /ˈdɛspɝətli/, 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “desperately”?

/ˈdɛspɝətli/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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