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philistine

FI-la-STEEN
filasteen in Ingglish
IPA /ˈfɪləˌstin/ · 3 syllables

How “philistine” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “philistine” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishphilistine—
Ingglishfilasteen

“philistine” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “philistine”
Ingglishfilasteen
IPA/f//ɪ//l//ə//s//t//i//n/
Sounds
8 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ə/, /i/ and 5 consonants /f/, /l/, /s/, /t/, /n/
Syllables
3 — FI · la · STEEN, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.97 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #17,616 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɪləstin/

“philistine” — questions & answers

How do you spell “philistine”?

P-H-I-L-I-S-T-I-N-E in English; “filasteen” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “philistine”?

FI-la-STEEN — IPA /ˈfɪləˌstin/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “philistine”?

/ˈfɪləˌstin/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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