initiative
I-NI-sha-tiv
inishativ in Ingglish
IPA /ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv/ · 4 syllables
How “initiative” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | i | n | i | ti | a | t | i | v | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | i | n | i | sh | a | t | i | v | — |
“initiative” sound by sound
| Ingglish | i | n | i | sh | a | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /n/ | /ɪ/ | /ʃ/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 10 letters: 4 vowels /ɪ/, /ɪ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /n/, /ʃ/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 4 — I · NI · sha · tiv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.8 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #9,740 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪʃətɪv/
“initiative” — questions & answers
How do you spell “initiative”?
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-V-E in English; “inishativ” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “initiative”?
I-NI-sha-tiv — IPA /ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “initiative”?
/ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.