pronunciation

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pronunciation

What does pronunciation mean?

pronunciation means "the manner in which someone utters a word". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pronunciation?

pronunciation has 5 syllables: pro-nun-ci-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /pɹoʊˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for pronunciation?

Close synonyms include orthoepy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pronunciation a common word?

pronunciation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pronunciation?

133 words rhyme with pronunciation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.