reluctant
ri-LUHK-tant
riluhktant in Ingglish
IPA /ɹɪˈlʌktənt/ · 3 syllables
How “reluctant” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | r | e | lu | c | tant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | r | i | lu | hk | tant |
“reluctant” sound by sound
| Ingglish | r | i | l | uh | k | t | a | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɹ/ | /ɪ/ | /l/ | /ʌ/ | /k/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /n/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 9 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ʌ/, /ə/ and 6 consonants /ɹ/, /l/, /k/, /t/, /n/, /t/
- Syllables
- 3 — ri · LUHK · tant, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 2.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #10,304 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ʌktənt/
“reluctant” — questions & answers
How do you spell “reluctant”?
R-E-L-U-C-T-A-N-T in English; “riluhktant” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “reluctant”?
ri-LUHK-tant — IPA /ɹɪˈlʌktənt/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “reluctant”?
/ɹɪˈlʌktənt/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.