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prohibitive

proh-HI-ba-tiv
prohhibativ in Ingglish
IPA /pɹoʊˈhɪbətɪv/ · 4 syllables

How “prohibitive” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “prohibitive” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishprohibitive
Ingglishprohhibativ

“prohibitive” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “prohibitive”
Ingglishprohhibativ
IPA/p//ɹ//oʊ//h//ɪ//b//ə//t//ɪ//v/
Sounds
10 sounds from 11 letters: 4 vowels /oʊ/, /ɪ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 6 consonants /p/, /ɹ/, /h/, /b/, /t/, /v/
Syllables
4 — proh · HI · ba · tiv, stress on the 2nd
Frequency
uncommon: 0.16 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #34,618 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɪbətɪv/

“prohibitive” — questions & answers

How do you spell “prohibitive”?

P-R-O-H-I-B-I-T-I-V-E in English; “prohhibativ” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “prohibitive”?

proh-HI-ba-tiv — IPA /pɹoʊˈhɪbətɪv/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “prohibitive”?

/pɹoʊˈhɪbətɪv/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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