How to pronounce “stressful”
Say “stressful” in 2 beats
stressful
/ˈstɹɛsfəl/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /stɹɛsfəl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- stressstɹɛstress
- fulsfəl
- IPA (American)
- /ˈstɹɛsfəl/
- IPA (British)
- /stɹɛsfəl/
- Respelling
- STRE-sfuhl
- Syllables
- 2 — STRESS-ful
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: STRESS-ful. “stress” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈstɹɛsfəl/
/stɹɛsfəl/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “stressful” means
- adjective
extremely irritating to the nerves
“nerve-racking noise”
Say it in a sentence
“The first month in any new job is stressful.”“stressful”, answered
How do you pronounce “stressful”?
“stressful” is pronounced /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ (STRE-sfuhl) in American English and /stɹɛsfəl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “stress”. Build it as STRESS-ful, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “stressful” have?
2: stress · ful. The beat lands on the first, “stress”.
Is “stressful” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ (STRE-sfuhl); British English says /stɹɛsfəl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “stressful” mean?
As an adjective: extremely irritating to the nerves For example: “nerve-racking noise”
Where is the stress in “stressful”?
Stress the first syllable: STRESS-ful. “stress” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “stressful” 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.