intercourse
IN-ter-KORS
interkors
/ˈɪntɝˌkɔɹs/ · 3 syllables
“intercourse” letter by letter
| English | i | n | t | er | c | our | s | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | i | n | t | er | k | or | s | — |
How “intercourse” sounds out
| Ingglish | i | n | t | er | k | aw | r | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /n/ | /t/ | /ɝ/ | /k/ | /ɔ/ | /ɹ/ | /s/ |
- Sounds
- 8 from 11 letters — 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɝ/, /ɔ/ and 5 consonants /n/, /t/, /k/, /ɹ/, /s/
- Syllables
- 3 — IN · ter · KORS, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common — 3.9 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #8,099 of 48,804
- Rhyme ending
- /ɹs/
Words that rhyme with “intercourse” (/ɹs/)
coursehorseforcedivorcesourcepiercefiercearseremorsemorse
“intercourse” — questions & answers
How do you spell “intercourse”?
I-N-T-E-R-C-O-U-R-S-E in English; “interkors” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “intercourse”?
IN-ter-KORS — IPA /ˈɪntɝˌkɔɹs/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.