hesitate
HE-za-TAYT
hezatayt in Ingglish
IPA /ˈhɛzəˌteɪt/ · 3 syllables
How “hesitate” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | he | si | t | a | t | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | he | za | t | ay | t | — |
“hesitate” sound by sound
| Ingglish | h | e | z | a | t | ay | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /h/ | /ɛ/ | /z/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /eɪ/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /eɪ/ and 4 consonants /h/, /z/, /t/, /t/
- Syllables
- 3 — HE · za · TAYT, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 5.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,434 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛzəteɪt/
“hesitate” — questions & answers
How do you spell “hesitate”?
H-E-S-I-T-A-T-E in English; “hezatayt” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “hesitate”?
HE-za-TAYT — IPA /ˈhɛzəˌteɪt/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “hesitate”?
/ˈhɛzəˌteɪt/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.