expletive
EK-spla-tiv
eksplativ in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɛksplətɪv/ · 3 syllables
How “expletive” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | e | x | pl | e | ti | ve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | e | ks | pl | a | ti | v |
“expletive” sound by sound
| Ingglish | e | k | s | p | l | a | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɛ/ | /k/ | /s/ | /p/ | /l/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 9 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 6 consonants /k/, /s/, /p/, /l/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — EK · spla · tiv, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.26 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #29,793 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛksplətɪv/
“expletive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “expletive”?
E-X-P-L-E-T-I-V-E in English; “eksplativ” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “expletive”?
EK-spla-tiv — IPA /ˈɛksplətɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “expletive”?
/ˈɛksplətɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.