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title: "How to Pronounce Database: IPA & Syllable Guide | Speakeroo"
description: "Pronounce Database as /ˈdeɪ.tə.ˌbeɪs/ — DAY-tuh-bays. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the first syllable."
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# How to pronounce Database

/ˈdeɪ.tə.ˌbeɪs/

DAY-tuh-bays

Database has 3 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "day". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Database syllables

Database has 3 syllables: DAY-tuh-bays.

1. DAY deɪ
2. tuh tə
3. bays beɪs

Three syllables: DAY-tuh-bays. The first syllable is "day", not "dah".

## 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.

## Database in a sentence

- Back up the database before you run the migration.
- The customer database has grown to two million rows.

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## What Speakeroo listens for

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- Stress placed on the wrong syllable Make the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
- Final consonant omitted Hold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- 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 database?

Database is pronounced /ˈdeɪ.tə.ˌbeɪs/, or DAY-tuh-bays in plain letters. It has 3 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "day".

### How many syllables are in database?

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

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

Back up the database before you run the migration. The customer database has grown to two million rows.

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