secretive
SEE-kra-tiv
seekrativ in Ingglish
IPA /ˈsikɹətɪv/ · 3 syllables
How “secretive” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | s | ecr | e | — | ti | ve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | s | e | e | kra | ti | v |
“secretive” sound by sound
| Ingglish | s | ee | k | r | a | t | i | v |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /s/ | /i/ | /k/ | /ɹ/ | /ə/ | /t/ | /ɪ/ | /v/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /i/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /s/, /k/, /ɹ/, /t/, /v/
- Syllables
- 3 — SEE · kra · tiv, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #14,715 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ikɹətɪv/
“secretive” — questions & answers
How do you spell “secretive”?
S-E-C-R-E-T-I-V-E in English; “seekrativ” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “secretive”?
SEE-kra-tiv — IPA /ˈsikɹətɪv/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “secretive”?
/ˈsikɹətɪv/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.