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surprising

ser-PRAI-zing

serpraizing

IPA /sɝˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ · 3 syllables

“surprising” letter by letter

Each letter group of “surprising” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	s	ur	p	r	i	s	i	ng
Ingglish	s	er	p	r	ai	z	i	ng

How “surprising” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “surprising”
Ingglish	s	er	p	r	ai	z	i	ng
IPA	/s/	/ɝ/	/p/	/ɹ/	/aɪ/	/z/	/ɪ/	/ŋ/

Sounds: 8 from 10 letters — 3 vowels /ɝ/, /aɪ/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /s/, /p/, /ɹ/, /z/, /ŋ/
Syllables: 3 — ser · PRAI · zing, stress on the 2nd
Frequency: fairly common — 6.2 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #6,034 of 48,804
Rhyme ending: /aɪzɪŋ/

Words that rhyme with “surprising” (/aɪzɪŋ/)

advising uprising disguising arising devising revising despising comprising chastising rising

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“surprising” — questions & answers

How do you spell “surprising”?

S-U-R-P-R-I-S-I-N-G in English; “serpraizing” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “surprising”?

ser-PRAI-zing — IPA /sɝˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “surprising”?

/sɝˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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