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shortest

SHOR-tist
shortist in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʃɔɹtɪst/ · 2 syllables

How “shortest” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “shortest” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishshortest
Ingglishshortist

“shortest” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “shortest”
Ingglishshawrtist
IPA/ʃ//ɔ//ɹ//t//ɪ//s//t/
Sounds
7 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /ɔ/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /ʃ/, /ɹ/, /t/, /s/, /t/
Syllables
2 — SHOR · tist, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #13,488 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɔɹtɪst/

“shortest” — questions & answers

How do you spell “shortest”?

S-H-O-R-T-E-S-T in English; “shortist” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “shortest”?

SHOR-tist — IPA /ˈʃɔɹtɪst/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “shortest”?

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

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