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expletives

EK-spla-tivz
eksplativz in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɛksplətɪvz/ · 3 syllables

How “expletives” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “expletives” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishexpletives
Ingglisheksplativz

“expletives” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “expletives”
Ingglisheksplativz
IPA/ɛ//k//s//p//l//ə//t//ɪ//v//z/
Sounds
10 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 7 consonants /k/, /s/, /p/, /l/, /t/, /v/, /z/
Syllables
3 — EK · spla · tivz, stress on the 1st
Frequency
rare: 0.06 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #41,363 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛksplətɪvz/

“expletives” — questions & answers

How do you spell “expletives”?

E-X-P-L-E-T-I-V-E-S in English; “eksplativz” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “expletives”?

EK-spla-tivz — IPA /ˈɛksplətɪvz/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “expletives”?

/ˈɛksplətɪvz/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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