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shoestring

SHOO-STRING
shoostring in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʃuˌstɹɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

How “shoestring” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “shoestring” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishshoestring
Ingglishshoostring

“shoestring” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “shoestring”
Ingglishshoostring
IPA/ʃ//u//s//t//ɹ//ɪ//ŋ/
Sounds
7 sounds from 10 letters: 2 vowels /u/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /ʃ/, /s/, /t/, /ɹ/, /ŋ/
Syllables
2 — SHOO · STRING, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.26 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #30,159 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ustɹɪŋ/

“shoestring” — questions & answers

How do you spell “shoestring”?

S-H-O-E-S-T-R-I-N-G in English; “shoostring” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “shoestring”?

SHOO-STRING — IPA /ˈʃuˌstɹɪŋ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “shoestring”?

/ˈʃuˌstɹɪŋ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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