penitentiary
PE-ni-TEN-cher-ee
penitencheree in Ingglish
IPA /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛntʃɝi/ · 5 syllables
How “penitentiary” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | peniten | tia | r | y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | peniten | che | r | ee |
“penitentiary” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | e | n | i | t | e | n | ch | er | ee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /ɪ/ | /t/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /tʃ/ | /ɝ/ | /i/ |
- Sounds
- 10 sounds from 12 letters: 5 vowels /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /ɝ/, /i/ and 5 consonants /p/, /n/, /t/, /n/, /tʃ/
- Syllables
- 5 — PE · ni · TEN · cher · ee, stress on the 3rd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.9 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #9,600 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛntʃɝi/
Words that rhyme with “penitentiary” (/ɛntʃɝi/)
“penitentiary” — questions & answers
How do you spell “penitentiary”?
P-E-N-I-T-E-N-T-I-A-R-Y in English; “penitencheree” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “penitentiary”?
PE-ni-TEN-cher-ee — IPA /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛntʃɝi/, 5 syllables, stress on the 3rd.
What is the IPA for “penitentiary”?
/ˌpɛnɪˈtɛntʃɝi/ — 5 syllables, stress on the 3rd.