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furtive

FER-tiv
fertiv
IPA /ˈfɝtɪv/ · 2 syllables

“furtive” letter by letter

Each letter group of “furtive” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishfurtive
Ingglishfertiv—

How “furtive” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “furtive”
Ingglishfertiv
IPA/f//ɝ//t//ɪ//v/
Sounds
5 from 7 letters — 2 vowels /ɝ/, /ɪ/ and 3 consonants /f/, /t/, /v/
Syllables
2 — FER · tiv, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon — 0.32 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #27,971 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɝtɪv/

Words that rhyme with “furtive” (/ɝtɪv/)

assertive

“furtive” — questions & answers

How do you spell “furtive”?

F-U-R-T-I-V-E in English; “fertiv” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “furtive”?

FER-tiv — IPA /ˈfɝtɪv/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “furtive”?

/ˈfɝtɪv/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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