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plaintively

PLAYN-TAIV-lee
playntaivlee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpleɪnˌtaɪvli/ · 3 syllables

How “plaintively” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “plaintively” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishplaintively
Ingglishplayntaivlee

“plaintively” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “plaintively”
Ingglishplayntaivlee
IPA/p//l//eɪ//n//t//aɪ//v//l//i/
Sounds
9 sounds from 11 letters: 3 vowels /eɪ/, /aɪ/, /i/ and 6 consonants /p/, /l/, /n/, /t/, /v/, /l/
Syllables
3 — PLAYN · TAIV · lee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
rare: 0.02 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #47,691 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/eɪntaɪvli/

“plaintively” — questions & answers

How do you spell “plaintively”?

P-L-A-I-N-T-I-V-E-L-Y in English; “playntaivlee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “plaintively”?

PLAYN-TAIV-lee — IPA /ˈpleɪnˌtaɪvli/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “plaintively”?

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

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