retrospective
RE-tra-SPEK-tiv
retraspektiv
/ˌɹɛtɹəˈspɛktɪv/ · 4 syllables
“retrospective” letter by letter
| English | retr | o | spe | c | ti | ve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | retr | a | spe | k | ti | v |
How “retrospective” sounds out
| Ingglish | r | e | t | r | a | s | p | e | k | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɹ/ | /ɛ/ | /t/ | /ɹ/ | /ə/ | /s/ | /p/ | /ɛ/ | /k/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 12 from 13 letters — 4 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/ and 8 consonants /ɹ/, /t/, /ɹ/, /s/, /p/, /k/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 4 — RE · tra · SPEK · tiv, stress on the 3rd
- Frequency
- uncommon — 0.30 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #28,773 of 48,804
- Rhyme ending
- /ɪv/
Words that rhyme with “retrospective” (/ɪv/)
giveliveforgivedetectivepositiveexpensivenegativeattractivesensitiveimpressive
“retrospective” — questions & answers
How do you spell “retrospective”?
R-E-T-R-O-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-E in English; “retraspektiv” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “retrospective”?
RE-tra-SPEK-tiv — IPA /ˌɹɛtɹəˈspɛktɪv/, 4 syllables, stress on the 3rd.