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motive

MOH-tiv
mohtiv
/ˈmoʊtɪv/ · 2 syllables

“motive” letter by letter

Each letter group of “motive” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishmotive
Ingglishmohtiv—

How “motive” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “motive”
Ingglishmohtiv
IPA/m//oʊ//t//ɪ//v/
Sounds
5 from 6 letters — 2 vowels /oʊ/, /ɪ/ and 3 consonants /m/, /t/, /v/
Syllables
2 — MOH · tiv, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common — 13.6 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #3,520 of 48,804
Rhyme ending
/ɪv/

Words that rhyme with “motive” (/ɪv/)

giveliveforgivedetectivepositiveexpensivenegativeattractivesensitiveimpressive

“motive” — questions & answers

How do you spell “motive”?

M-O-T-I-V-E in English; “mohtiv” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “motive”?

MOH-tiv — IPA /ˈmoʊtɪv/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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