tenuous
TE-nya-was
tenyawas in Ingglish
IPA /ˈtɛnjəwəs/ · 3 syllables
How “tenuous” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | ten | uou | s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | ten | yawa | s |
“tenuous” sound by sound
| Ingglish | t | e | n | y | a | w | a | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /t/ | /ɛ/ | /n/ | /j/ | /ə/ | /w/ | /ə/ | /s/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 7 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ə/ and 5 consonants /t/, /n/, /j/, /w/, /s/
- Syllables
- 3 — TE · nya · was, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.34 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #27,661 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛnjəwəs/
“tenuous” — questions & answers
How do you spell “tenuous”?
T-E-N-U-O-U-S in English; “tenyawas” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “tenuous”?
TE-nya-was — IPA /ˈtɛnjəwəs/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “tenuous”?
/ˈtɛnjəwəs/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.