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title: "Data Pronunciation: How to Say It in English | Speakeroo"
description: "Data is pronounced /ˈdeɪ.tə/ — DAY-tuh. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the first syllable."
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# Data pronunciation

/ˈdeɪ.tə/

DAY-tuh

Data has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "day". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Data syllables

Data has 2 syllables: DAY-tuh.

1. DAY deɪ
2. tuh tə

DAY-tuh is the usual form; DAH-tuh is also accepted and common in British and Australian English. What matters is treating it as two syllables with a clear first vowel, not "dat-uh".

## Sounds to watch

### Weak syllables

The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.

### Gliding vowels

The ay and oh vowels glide: start on one sound and slide into a short ee or oo. Cutting them short makes them sound like eh and aw.

## Data in a sentence

- The data shows a clear drop in sales after the price rise.
- We need three more months of data before we can say anything.

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## 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.

- Schwa not reduced Relax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.
- Diphthong flattened into one vowel Move smoothly between both vowel positions.
- Every syllable stressed equally Emphasise one main syllable and reduce the others.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce data?

Data is pronounced /ˈdeɪ.tə/, or DAY-tuh in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "day".

### How many syllables are in data?

2: DAY-tuh. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

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

The data shows a clear drop in sales after the price rise. We need three more months of data before we can say anything.

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