pretext
PREE-TEKST
preetekst in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɹiˌtɛkst/ · 2 syllables
How “pretext” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | p | r | e | t | e | x | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | p | r | ee | t | e | ks | t |
“pretext” sound by sound
| Ingglish | p | r | ee | t | e | k | s | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /p/ | /ɹ/ | /i/ | /t/ | /ɛ/ | /k/ | /s/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /i/, /ɛ/ and 6 consonants /p/, /ɹ/, /t/, /k/, /s/, /t/
- Syllables
- 2 — PREE · TEKST, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #15,084 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /itɛkst/
“pretext” — questions & answers
How do you spell “pretext”?
P-R-E-T-E-X-T in English; “preetekst” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “pretext”?
PREE-TEKST — IPA /ˈpɹiˌtɛkst/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “pretext”?
/ˈpɹiˌtɛkst/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.