initiate
I-NI-shee-AYT
inisheeayt in Ingglish
IPA /ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/ · 4 syllables
How “initiate” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | ini | ti | a | — | t | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | ini | shee | a | y | t | — |
“initiate” sound by sound
| Ingglish | i | n | i | sh | ee | ay | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /n/ | /ɪ/ | /ʃ/ | /i/ | /eɪ/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 4 vowels /ɪ/, /ɪ/, /i/, /eɪ/ and 3 consonants /n/, /ʃ/, /t/
- Syllables
- 4 — I · NI · shee · AYT, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 3.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #8,701 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪʃieɪt/
Words that rhyme with “initiate” (/ɪʃieɪt/)
“initiate” — questions & answers
How do you spell “initiate”?
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-E in English; “inisheeayt” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “initiate”?
I-NI-shee-AYT — IPA /ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “initiate”?
/ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.