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devastating

DE-va-STAY-ting
devastayting in Ingglish
IPA /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ/ · 4 syllables

How “devastating” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “devastating” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishdevastating
Ingglishdevastayting

“devastating” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “devastating”
Ingglishdevastayting
IPA/d//ɛ//v//ə//s//t//eɪ//t//ɪ//ŋ/
Sounds
10 sounds from 11 letters: 4 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /eɪ/, /ɪ/ and 6 consonants /d/, /v/, /s/, /t/, /t/, /ŋ/
Syllables
4 — DE · va · STAY · ting, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 2.8 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #9,777 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛvəsteɪtɪŋ/

“devastating” — questions & answers

How do you spell “devastating”?

D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-I-N-G in English; “devastayting” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “devastating”?

DE-va-STAY-ting — IPA /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ/, 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “devastating”?

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

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