impressive
IM-PRE-siv
impresiv
/ˌɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ · 3 syllables
“impressive” letter by letter
| English | i | m | p | r | e | s | s | i | v | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | i | m | p | r | e | — | s | i | v | — |
How “impressive” sounds out
| Ingglish | i | m | p | r | e | s | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /m/ | /p/ | /ɹ/ | /ɛ/ | /s/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 8 from 10 letters — 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /m/, /p/, /ɹ/, /s/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — IM · PRE · siv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- common — 17.4 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #2,947 of 48,804
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪv/
Words that rhyme with “impressive” (/ɪv/)
giveliveforgivedetectivepositiveexpensivenegativeattractivesensitivemotive
“impressive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “impressive”?
I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E in English; “impresiv” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “impressive”?
IM-PRE-siv — IPA /ˌɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.