maternity
ma-TER-ni-tee
maternitee in Ingglish
IPA /məˈtɝnɪti/ · 4 syllables
How “maternity” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | maternit | y |
|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | maternit | ee |
“maternity” sound by sound
| Ingglish | m | a | t | er | n | i | t | ee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /m/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /ɝ/ | /n/ | /ɪ/ | /t/ | /i/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 9 letters: 4 vowels /ə/, /ɝ/, /ɪ/, /i/ and 4 consonants /m/, /t/, /n/, /t/
- Syllables
- 4 — ma · TER · ni · tee, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.5 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #10,463 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɝnɪti/
Words that rhyme with “maternity” (/ɝnɪti/)
“maternity” — questions & answers
How do you spell “maternity”?
M-A-T-E-R-N-I-T-Y in English; “maternitee” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “maternity”?
ma-TER-ni-tee — IPA /məˈtɝnɪti/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “maternity”?
/məˈtɝnɪti/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.