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sinister

SI-ni-ster
sinister in Ingglish
IPA /ˈsɪnɪstɝ/ · 3 syllables

How “sinister” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “sinister” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishsinister
Ingglishsinister

“sinister” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “sinister”
Ingglishsinister
IPA/s//ɪ//n//ɪ//s//t//ɝ/
Sounds
7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɪ/, /ɪ/, /ɝ/ and 4 consonants /s/, /n/, /s/, /t/
Syllables
3 — SI · ni · ster, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 2.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #11,177 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɪnɪstɝ/

“sinister” — questions & answers

How do you spell “sinister”?

S-I-N-I-S-T-E-R in English; “sinister” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “sinister”?

SI-ni-ster — IPA /ˈsɪnɪstɝ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “sinister”?

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

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