incentive
IN-SEN-tiv
insentiv in Ingglish
IPA /ˌɪnˈsɛntɪv/ · 3 syllables
How “incentive” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | i | n | c | e | n | t | i | v | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | i | n | s | e | n | t | i | v | — |
“incentive” sound by sound
| Ingglish | i | n | s | e | n | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /n/ | /s/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /n/, /s/, /n/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — IN · SEN · tiv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #11,863 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛntɪv/
Words that rhyme with “incentive” (/ɛntɪv/)
attentiveinventivepreventiveinattentive
“incentive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “incentive”?
I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-E in English; “insentiv” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “incentive”?
IN-SEN-tiv — IPA /ˌɪnˈsɛntɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “incentive”?
/ˌɪnˈsɛntɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.