English Word Stress Finder

Type a word, see which syllable to stress — the key to sounding clear.

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How do I know which syllable to stress in an English word?

English marks one syllable in each word as the strongest — louder, longer and clearer — and getting it right matters more than perfect individual sounds. A stress finder looks the word up in a pronunciation dictionary and shows which syllable carries primary stress, e.g. 'phoTOgraph'. Shadola's free finder shows the syllable count, the stressed position and the IPA.

Type an English word — see which syllable to stress.

Stress = the loudest, longest syllable. English speakers rely on it more than individual sounds — get it right and you're instantly clearer.

Free — stress and IPA for any word from a 130,000-word dictionary, with audio.Pro — sentence-level stress, weak forms and connected-speech patterns.

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