Ingglish Translator

suspense

sa-SPENS

saspens

IPA /səˈspɛns/ · 2 syllables

“suspense” letter by letter

Each letter group of “suspense” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	s	u	s	p	e	n	s	e
Ingglish	s	a	s	p	e	n	s	—

How “suspense” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “suspense”
Ingglish	s	a	s	p	e	n	s
IPA	/s/	/ə/	/s/	/p/	/ɛ/	/n/	/s/

Sounds: 7 from 8 letters — 2 vowels /ə/, /ɛ/ and 5 consonants /s/, /s/, /p/, /n/, /s/
Syllables: 2 — sa · SPENS, stress on the 2nd
Frequency: fairly common — 2.3 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #11,012 of 48,804
Rhyme ending: /ɛns/

Words that rhyme with “suspense” (/ɛns/)

defense offense intense defence expense commence incense immense dispense pretense

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“suspense” — questions & answers

How do you spell “suspense”?

S-U-S-P-E-N-S-E in English; “saspens” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “suspense”?

sa-SPENS — IPA /səˈspɛns/, 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “suspense”?

/səˈspɛns/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

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