tortoise
TOR-tas
tortas in Ingglish
IPA /ˈtɔɹtəs/ · 2 syllables
How “tortoise” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | tort | oi | s | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | tort | a | s | — |
“tortoise” sound by sound
| Ingglish | t | aw | r | t | a | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /t/ | /ɔ/ | /ɹ/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /s/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /ɔ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /t/, /ɹ/, /t/, /s/
- Syllables
- 2 — TOR · tas, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,177 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɔɹtəs/
“tortoise” — questions & answers
How do you spell “tortoise”?
T-O-R-T-O-I-S-E in English; “tortas” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “tortoise”?
TOR-tas — IPA /ˈtɔɹtəs/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “tortoise”?
/ˈtɔɹtəs/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.