Ingglish Translator

expensive

ik-SPEN-siv

ikspensiv

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/ · 3 syllables

“expensive” letter by letter

Each letter group of “expensive” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	ex	p	e	n	s	i	v	e
Ingglish	iks	p	e	n	s	i	v	—

How “expensive” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “expensive”
Ingglish	i	k	s	p	e	n	s	i	v
IPA	/ɪ/	/k/	/s/	/p/	/ɛ/	/n/	/s/	/ɪ/	/v/

Sounds: 9 from 9 letters — 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/ and 6 consonants /k/, /s/, /p/, /n/, /s/, /v/
Syllables: 3 — ik · SPEN · siv, stress on the 2nd
Frequency: common — 28.7 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #2,007 of 48,804
Rhyme ending: /ɪv/

Words that rhyme with “expensive” (/ɪv/)

give live forgive detective positive negative attractive sensitive impressive motive

“expensive” — questions & answers

How do you spell “expensive”?

E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E in English; “ikspensiv” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “expensive”?

ik-SPEN-siv — IPA /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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