sire
SAI-er
saier
IPA /ˈsaɪɝ/ · 2 syllables
“sire” letter by letter
| English | s | — | i | r | e | — |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | s | a | i | — | e | r |
How “sire” sounds out
| Ingglish | s | ai | er |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /s/ | /aɪ/ | /ɝ/ |
- Sounds
- 3 from 4 letters — 2 vowels /aɪ/, /ɝ/ and 1 consonant /s/
- Syllables
- 2 — SAI · er, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- common — 13.5 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #3,543 of 48,804
- Rhyme ending
- /aɪɝ/
Words that rhyme with “sire” (/aɪɝ/)
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“sire” — questions & answers
How do you spell “sire”?
S-I-R-E in English; “saier” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “sire”?
SAI-er — IPA /ˈsaɪɝ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “sire”?
/ˈsaɪɝ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.