initials
I-NI-shalz
inishalz in Ingglish
IPA /ˌɪˈnɪʃəlz/ · 3 syllables
How “initials” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | i | n | i | tial | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | i | n | i | shal | z |
“initials” sound by sound
| Ingglish | i | n | i | sh | a | l | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /n/ | /ɪ/ | /ʃ/ | /ə/ | /l/ | /z/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɪ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /n/, /ʃ/, /l/, /z/
- Syllables
- 3 — I · NI · shalz, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 4.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #7,159 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪʃəlz/
Words that rhyme with “initials” (/ɪʃəlz/)
“initials” — questions & answers
How do you spell “initials”?
I-N-I-T-I-A-L-S in English; “inishalz” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “initials”?
I-NI-shalz — IPA /ˌɪˈnɪʃəlz/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “initials”?
/ˌɪˈnɪʃəlz/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.