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instead

IN-STED

insted in Ingglish

IPA /ˌɪnˈstɛd/ · 2 syllables

How “instead” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “instead” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	i	n	s	t	ead
Ingglish	i	n	s	t	ed

“instead” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “instead”
Ingglish	i	n	s	t	e	d
IPA	/ɪ/	/n/	/s/	/t/	/ɛ/	/d/

Sounds: 6 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/ and 4 consonants /n/, /s/, /t/, /d/
Syllables: 2 — IN · STED, stress on the 2nd
Frequency: common: 81.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #898 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending: /ɛd/

Words that rhyme with “instead” (/ɛd/)

ahead misled unsaid unwed abed behead retread unread embed imbed

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“instead” — questions & answers

How do you spell “instead”?

I-N-S-T-E-A-D in English; “insted” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “instead”?

IN-STED — IPA /ˌɪnˈstɛd/, 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “instead”?

/ˌɪnˈstɛd/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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