discourage
di-SKER-ij
diskerij in Ingglish
IPA /dɪˈskɝɪdʒ/ · 3 syllables
How “discourage” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | dis | courag | e | — |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | dis | k | e | rij |
“discourage” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | i | s | k | er | i | j |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɪ/ | /s/ | /k/ | /ɝ/ | /ɪ/ | /dʒ/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɝ/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /d/, /s/, /k/, /dʒ/
- Syllables
- 3 — di · SKER · ij, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #14,655 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɝɪdʒ/
Words that rhyme with “discourage” (/ɝɪdʒ/)
“discourage” — questions & answers
How do you spell “discourage”?
D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-E in English; “diskerij” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “discourage”?
di-SKER-ij — IPA /dɪˈskɝɪdʒ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “discourage”?
/dɪˈskɝɪdʒ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.