shorten
SHOR-tan
shortan in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʃɔɹtən/ · 2 syllables
How “shorten” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | sh | or | t | en |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | sh | or | t | an |
“shorten” sound by sound
| Ingglish | sh | aw | r | t | a | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ʃ/ | /ɔ/ | /ɹ/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /ɔ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /ʃ/, /ɹ/, /t/, /n/
- Syllables
- 2 — SHOR · tan, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.0 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,968 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɔɹtən/
“shorten” — questions & answers
How do you spell “shorten”?
S-H-O-R-T-E-N in English; “shortan” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “shorten”?
SHOR-tan — IPA /ˈʃɔɹtən/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “shorten”?
/ˈʃɔɹtən/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.