sharpen
SHAR-pan
sharpan in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʃɑɹpən/ · 2 syllables
How “sharpen” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | sh | ar | p | en |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | sh | ar | p | an |
“sharpen” sound by sound
| Ingglish | sh | o | r | p | a | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ʃ/ | /ɑ/ | /ɹ/ | /p/ | /ə/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /ɑ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /ʃ/, /ɹ/, /p/, /n/
- Syllables
- 2 — SHAR · pan, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,161 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɑɹpən/
Words that rhyme with “sharpen” (/ɑɹpən/)
“sharpen” — questions & answers
How do you spell “sharpen”?
S-H-A-R-P-E-N in English; “sharpan” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “sharpen”?
SHAR-pan — IPA /ˈʃɑɹpən/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “sharpen”?
/ˈʃɑɹpən/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.