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hostage

HO-stij
hostij
/ˈhɑstɪdʒ/ · 2 syllables

“hostage” letter by letter

Each letter group of “hostage” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishhostage
Ingglishhostij—

How “hostage” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “hostage”
Ingglishhostij
IPA/h//ɑ//s//t//ɪ//dʒ/
Sounds
6 from 7 letters — 2 vowels /ɑ/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /h/, /s/, /t/, /dʒ/
Syllables
2 — HO · stij, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common — 14.9 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #3,297 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɪdʒ/

Words that rhyme with “hostage” (/ɪdʒ/)

collegemarriagebridgegarbageadvantageaveragefridgefootagecarriageridge

“hostage” — questions & answers

How do you spell “hostage”?

H-O-S-T-A-G-E in English; “hostij” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “hostage”?

HO-stij — IPA /ˈhɑstɪdʒ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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