understatement
UHN-der-STAYT-mant
uhnderstaytmant in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʌndɝˌsteɪtmənt/ · 4 syllables
How “understatement” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | un | d | er | s | t | a | t | ement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | uhn | d | er | s | t | ay | t | mant |
“understatement” sound by sound
| Ingglish | uh | n | d | er | s | t | ay | t | m | a | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ʌ/ | /n/ | /d/ | /ɝ/ | /s/ | /t/ | /eɪ/ | /t/ | /m/ | /ə/ | /n/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 12 sounds from 14 letters: 4 vowels /ʌ/, /ɝ/, /eɪ/, /ə/ and 8 consonants /n/, /d/, /s/, /t/, /t/, /m/, /n/, /t/
- Syllables
- 4 — UHN · der · STAYT · mant, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.8 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #12,753 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ʌndɝsteɪtmənt/
“understatement” — questions & answers
How do you spell “understatement”?
U-N-D-E-R-S-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T in English; “uhnderstaytmant” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “understatement”?
UHN-der-STAYT-mant — IPA /ˈʌndɝˌsteɪtmənt/, 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “understatement”?
/ˈʌndɝˌsteɪtmənt/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.