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English Word Stress Checker

Word Stress Checker

Enter an English word to see its phonetic spelling and syllable stress.

Common English Stress Rules

1. Two-Syllable Nouns & Adjectives

Stress usually falls on the first syllable.

PRE-sent, CLI-mate, HAP-py

2. Two-Syllable Verbs & Prepositions

Stress usually falls on the second syllable.

to pre-SENT, be-TWEEN, de-CIDE

3. Words ending in -ic, -sion, -tion

Stress is on the penultimate (second from the end) syllable.

eco-NOM-ic, edu-CA-tion, re-VI-sion

4. Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy, -gy, -al

Stress is on the antepenultimate (third from the end) syllable.

de-MOC-ra-cy, pho-TOG-ra-phy, CRIT-i-cal