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shortening

SHOR-ta-ning
shortaning in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʃɔɹtənɪŋ/ · 3 syllables

How “shortening” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “shortening” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishshortening
Ingglishshortaning

“shortening” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “shortening”
Ingglishshawrtaning
IPA/ʃ//ɔ//ɹ//t//ə//n//ɪ//ŋ/
Sounds
8 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɔ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /ʃ/, /ɹ/, /t/, /n/, /ŋ/
Syllables
3 — SHOR · ta · ning, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.34 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #27,614 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɔɹtənɪŋ/

“shortening” — questions & answers

How do you spell “shortening”?

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

How do you pronounce “shortening”?

SHOR-ta-ning — IPA /ˈʃɔɹtənɪŋ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “shortening”?

/ˈʃɔɹtənɪŋ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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