Ingglish Translator

sustain

sa-STAYN

sastayn

IPA /səˈsteɪn/ · 2 syllables

“sustain” letter by letter

Each letter group of “sustain” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
English	s	u	s	t	ai	n
Ingglish	s	a	s	t	ay	n

How “sustain” sounds out

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “sustain”
Ingglish	s	a	s	t	ay	n
IPA	/s/	/ə/	/s/	/t/	/eɪ/	/n/

Sounds: 6 from 7 letters — 2 vowels /ə/, /eɪ/ and 4 consonants /s/, /s/, /t/, /n/
Syllables: 2 — sa · STAYN, stress on the 2nd
Frequency: fairly common — 2.7 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #9,943 of 48,804
Rhyme ending: /eɪn/

Words that rhyme with “sustain” (/eɪn/)

explain insane remain champagne campaign elaine maintain complain cocaine contain

“sustain” — questions & answers

How do you spell “sustain”?

S-U-S-T-A-I-N in English; “sastayn” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “sustain”?

sa-STAYN — IPA /səˈsteɪn/, 2 syllables, stress on the 2nd.

What is the IPA for “sustain”?

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

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