piercing
PEER-sing
peersing in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/ · 2 syllables
How “piercing” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | p | i | e | — | r | c | ing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | p | — | e | e | r | s | ing |
“piercing” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | i | r | s | i | ng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /ɪ/ | /ɹ/ | /s/ | /ɪ/ | /ŋ/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /ɪ/, /ɪ/ and 4 consonants /p/, /ɹ/, /s/, /ŋ/
- Syllables
- 2 — PEER · sing, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #14,466 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪɹsɪŋ/
“piercing” — questions & answers
How do you spell “piercing”?
P-I-E-R-C-I-N-G in English; “peersing” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “piercing”?
PEER-sing — IPA /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “piercing”?
/ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.