How to pronounce “recount”
“recount” is said two ways
/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
rih-KOWNT
To tell what happened. Beat on KOWNT.
/ˈɹiˌkaʊnt/
REE-kownt
Counting the votes again. Beat on REE, and the re- is a clear REE.
Listen for the beat, not the letters
One syllable gets longer, louder and a step higher, and the other one collapses towards a schwa. Say the whole sentence rather than the word on its own and let the grammar pull the beat where it belongs.Both forms live in one sentence here: “He will recount the night of the recount in his memoir.”Each button plays a short phrase rather than the bare word: the model voice takes its stress from the words around it, so asking it for “recount” on its own would play one reading twice instead of the verb and the noun. Read the transcription as you listen.
Say “recount” in 2 beats
recount
/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
Everything in this card describes the verb form. As a noun it is /ˈɹiˌkaʊnt/.
The voice you hear here is American; a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- recɹɪ
- ountkaʊntstress
- IPA (American)
- /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
- IPA (British)
- /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
- Respelling
- rih-KOWNT (verb) · REE-kownt (noun)
- Syllables
- 2 — rec-OUNT
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: rec-OUNT. “ount” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Where “recount” goes wrong
- Often heard
“demand a rih-KOWNT”
counting again is REE-kownt; rih-KOWNT means to tell the story
What “recount” means
- noun
an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
- verb
narrate or give a detailed account of
“Tell what happened”
- verb
count again
“We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made”
Say it in a sentence
“He will recount the night of the recount in his memoir.”“recount”, answered
How do you pronounce “recount”?
“recount” has two pronunciations: /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/ as a verb and /ˈɹiˌkaʊnt/ as a noun — the part of speech decides which. The spelling never changes; the beat does, and the vowels reshape around wherever it lands. The transcription and syllable breakdown below describe the verb form. Build it as rec-OUNT, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “recount” have?
2: rec · ount. The beat lands on the second, “ount”.
Which pronunciation of “recount” is correct?
Both are. /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/ (rih-KOWNT) as a verb; /ˈɹiˌkaʊnt/ (REE-kownt) as a noun. Nothing about the spelling tells you which — the sentence does. Move the beat and the word changes its job mid-sentence, which is why both are worth drilling. Both appear here: “He will recount the night of the recount in his memoir.”
What does “recount” mean?
As a noun: an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election For example: “He will recount the night of the recount in his memoir.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “recount”?
Stress the second syllable: rec-OUNT. “ount” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “recount” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.