optional
OP-sha-nal
opshanal in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɑpʃənəl/ · 3 syllables
How “optional” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | o | p | ti | on | al |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | o | p | sh | an | al |
“optional” sound by sound
| Ingglish | o | p | sh | a | n | a | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɑ/ | /p/ | /ʃ/ | /ə/ | /n/ | /ə/ | /l/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /ə/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /p/, /ʃ/, /n/, /l/
- Syllables
- 3 — OP · sha · nal, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #15,981 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɑpʃənəl/
“optional” — questions & answers
How do you spell “optional”?
O-P-T-I-O-N-A-L in English; “opshanal” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “optional”?
OP-sha-nal — IPA /ˈɑpʃənəl/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “optional”?
/ˈɑpʃənəl/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.