persuasive
per-SWAY-siv
perswaysiv in Ingglish
IPA /pɝˈsweɪsɪv/ · 3 syllables
How “persuasive” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | pers | u | a | — | si | ve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | pers | w | a | y | si | v |
“persuasive” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | er | s | w | ay | s | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /ɝ/ | /s/ | /w/ | /eɪ/ | /s/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɝ/, /eɪ/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /p/, /s/, /w/, /s/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — per · SWAY · siv, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #11,169 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /eɪsɪv/
Words that rhyme with “persuasive” (/eɪsɪv/)
“persuasive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “persuasive”?
P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-V-E in English; “perswaysiv” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “persuasive”?
per-SWAY-siv — IPA /pɝˈsweɪsɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “persuasive”?
/pɝˈsweɪsɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.