essential
e-SEN-shal
esenshal in Ingglish
IPA /ɛˈsɛnʃəl/ · 3 syllables
How “essential” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | e | s | s | e | n | tial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | e | — | s | e | n | shal |
“essential” sound by sound
| Ingglish | e | s | e | n | sh | a | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɛ/ | /s/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /ʃ/ | /ə/ | /l/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ɛ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /s/, /n/, /ʃ/, /l/
- Syllables
- 3 — e · SEN · shal, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 5.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,952 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛnʃəl/
Words that rhyme with “essential” (/ɛnʃəl/)
potentialsequentialprudentialtorrentialcredentialtangentialconfidentialpresidentialresidentialinfluential
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“essential” — questions & answers
How do you spell “essential”?
E-S-S-E-N-T-I-A-L in English; “esenshal” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “essential”?
e-SEN-shal — IPA /ɛˈsɛnʃəl/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “essential”?
/ɛˈsɛnʃəl/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.