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precious

PRE-shas
preshas in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɹɛʃəs/ · 2 syllables

How “precious” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “precious” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishprecious
Ingglishpreshas

“precious” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “precious”
Ingglishpreshas
IPA/p//ɹ//ɛ//ʃ//ə//s/
Sounds
6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /p/, /ɹ/, /ʃ/, /s/
Syllables
2 — PRE · shas, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common: 24.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #2,329 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛʃəs/

Words that rhyme with “precious” (/ɛʃəs/)

semiprecious

“precious” — questions & answers

How do you spell “precious”?

P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S in English; “preshas” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “precious”?

PRE-shas — IPA /ˈpɹɛʃəs/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “precious”?

/ˈpɹɛʃəs/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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