offensive
a-FEN-siv
afensiv in Ingglish
IPA /əˈfɛnsɪv/ · 3 syllables
How “offensive” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | of | fensi | ve |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | a | fensi | v |
“offensive” sound by sound
| Ingglish | a | f | e | n | s | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ə/ | /f/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /s/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ə/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /f/, /n/, /s/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — a · FEN · siv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 6.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #5,803 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛnsɪv/
Words that rhyme with “offensive” (/ɛnsɪv/)
expensivedefensiveextensiveintensivecomprehensiveinexpensiveapprehensivepensivehypertensiveinoffensive
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“offensive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “offensive”?
O-F-F-E-N-S-I-V-E in English; “afensiv” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “offensive”?
a-FEN-siv — IPA /əˈfɛnsɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “offensive”?
/əˈfɛnsɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.