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title: "Control Pronunciation: How to Say It in English | Speakeroo"
description: "Control is pronounced /kənt.ˈroʊl/ — kuhnt-ROHL. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the second syllable."
url: "https://speakeroo.app/how-to-pronounce/control"
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# Control pronunciation

/kənt.ˈroʊl/

kuhnt-ROHL

Control has 2 syllables. The stress is on the second syllable, "rohl". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Control syllables

Control has 2 syllables: kuhnt-ROHL.

1. kuhnt kənt
2. ROHL roʊl

Kun-TROHL, stress on the second syllable. The first syllable is a weak "kun", not "con" as in "contact".

## Sounds to watch

### The r sound

Pull the tongue back and up without touching the roof of the mouth. American r is never rolled or tapped.

### 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.

### Consonant clusters

Three consonants run together with no vowel between them. Say them as one movement rather than inserting an "uh"; slowing down is fine, adding a vowel is not.

## Control in a sentence

- The pilot regained control after the second engine restarted.
- It is hard to control the temperature in a room with no thermostat.

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.

- /r/ and /l/ confused Touch the ridge behind the teeth for /l/ but avoid tongue contact for /r/.
- Final /l/ unclear Keep tongue-tip contact while raising the back of the tongue for a clear final /l/.
- Final consonant omitted Hold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Consonant cluster reduced Build the cluster one sound at a time without deleting a member.
- Extra vowel after a consonant Finish directly on the consonant instead of adding a vowel.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce control?

Control is pronounced /kənt.ˈroʊl/, or kuhnt-ROHL in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the second syllable, "rohl".

### How many syllables are in control?

2: kuhnt-ROHL. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

### How do you use control in a sentence?

The pilot regained control after the second engine restarted. It is hard to control the temperature in a room with no thermostat.

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