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Cached syllables
Cached has 1 syllable: KASHT.
- KASHTkæʃt
One syllable: KASHT. The -ed is a crisp t sound tacked onto "cash", the same as in "washed".
The -ed ending is pronounced as a t, not as a separate syllable, because the sound before it is voiceless.
Sounds to watch
The a in cat
Open the jaw wider than for eh and spread the lips slightly. The a in cat is a distinct vowel, not eh or ah.
The sh sound
Sh is made further back than s, with the lips slightly rounded and the tongue lower. Keep it separate from s: "shun" is not "sun".
Cached in a sentence
- The file was cached locally, so the second load was instant.
- Old results stay cached until you refresh the query.
Read either sentence into the recorder above. The check judges only the target word, so the rest of the sentence can be rough.
What Speakeroo listens for
These are the pronunciation patterns from Speakeroo’s speech feature catalog that this target tends to expose. The check above reports the ones it hears.
- Final -ed ending unclearUse the correct /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/ ending.
- 'sh' /ʃ/ too soft or unclearRound the lips slightly and produce continuous air along the centre of the tongue.
- Final consonant omittedHold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Consonant cluster reducedBuild the cluster one sound at a time without deleting a member.
- Extra vowel after a consonantFinish directly on the consonant instead of adding a vowel.
Questions
How do you pronounce cached?
Cached is pronounced /ˈkæʃt/, or KASHT in plain letters. It has one syllable.
How many syllables are in cached?
One. Cached is a single syllable: KASHT.
How do you use cached in a sentence?
The file was cached locally, so the second load was instant. Old results stay cached until you refresh the query.
How is the ending of cached pronounced?
The -ed ending is pronounced as a t, not as a separate syllable, because the sound before it is voiceless.
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