imperative
IM-PE-ra-tiv
impairativ in Ingglish
IPA /ˌɪmˈpɛɹətɪv/ · 4 syllables
How “imperative” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | imp | e | rati | ve |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | imp | ai | rati | v |
“imperative” sound by sound
| Ingglish | i | m | p | e | r | a | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /m/ | /p/ | /ɛ/ | /ɹ/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 9 sounds from 10 letters: 4 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /m/, /p/, /ɹ/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 4 — IM · PE · ra · tiv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #10,345 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛɹətɪv/
Words that rhyme with “imperative” (/ɛɹətɪv/)
“imperative” — questions & answers
How do you spell “imperative”?
I-M-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E in English; “impairativ” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “imperative”?
IM-PE-ra-tiv — IPA /ˌɪmˈpɛɹətɪv/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “imperative”?
/ˌɪmˈpɛɹətɪv/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.