mainstay
MAYN-STAY
maynstay in Ingglish
IPA /ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ/ · 2 syllables
How “mainstay” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | m | ai | n | s | t | ay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | m | ay | n | s | t | ay |
“mainstay” sound by sound
| Ingglish | m | ay | n | s | t | ay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /m/ | /eɪ/ | /n/ | /s/ | /t/ | /eɪ/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /eɪ/, /eɪ/ and 4 consonants /m/, /n/, /s/, /t/
- Syllables
- 2 — MAYN · STAY, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.18 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #33,429 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /eɪnsteɪ/
“mainstay” — questions & answers
How do you spell “mainstay”?
M-A-I-N-S-T-A-Y in English; “maynstay” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “mainstay”?
MAYN-STAY — IPA /ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “mainstay”?
/ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.