distinctive
di-STINGK-tiv
distingktiv in Ingglish
IPA /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/ · 3 syllables
How “distinctive” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | d | i | s | t | i | n | c | t | i | v | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | d | i | s | t | i | ng | k | t | i | v | — |
“distinctive” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | i | s | t | i | ng | k | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɪ/ | /s/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /ŋ/ | /k/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 10 sounds from 11 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɪ/, /ɪ/ and 7 consonants /d/, /s/, /t/, /ŋ/, /k/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — di · STINGK · tiv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #13,532 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪŋktɪv/
Words that rhyme with “distinctive” (/ɪŋktɪv/)
“distinctive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “distinctive”?
D-I-S-T-I-N-C-T-I-V-E in English; “distingktiv” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “distinctive”?
di-STINGK-tiv — IPA /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “distinctive”?
/dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.