How many syllables in Chocolate?
Chocolate has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "chaw". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.
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Chocolate syllables
Chocolate has 2 syllables: CHAW-kluht.
- CHAWtʃɔ
- kluhtklət
Two syllables, not three: CHOK-lut.
Sounds to watch
The l sound
Touch the tongue tip to the ridge behind your top teeth. At the end of a syllable the l is darker and the back of the tongue rises.
Weak syllables
The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.
The ch and j sounds
Ch and j start with a full stop of the air (t or d) and release into sh or zh. Without the stop they collapse into sh and zh, and "cheap" becomes "sheep".
Chocolate in a sentence
- The recipe calls for dark chocolate, not milk chocolate.
- He bought a bar of chocolate for the train ride.
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What Speakeroo listens for
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- Final consonant omittedHold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Schwa not reducedRelax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.
- Every syllable stressed equallyEmphasise one main syllable and reduce the others.
Questions
How many syllables are in chocolate?
2: CHAW-kluht. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.
How do you pronounce chocolate?
Chocolate is pronounced /ˈtʃɔ.klət/, or CHAW-kluht in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "chaw".
How do you use chocolate in a sentence?
The recipe calls for dark chocolate, not milk chocolate. He bought a bar of chocolate for the train ride.
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