How to pronounce Deleted
Deleted has 3 syllables. The stress is on the second syllable, "lee". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.
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Deleted syllables
Deleted has 3 syllables: dih-LEE-tuhd.
- dihdɪ
- LEEli
- tuhdtəd
The -ed is a separate syllable: dih-LEE-tid.
The -ed ending is a separate syllable here, pronounced id, because the base word ends in a t or d sound.
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.
Short i versus ee
The short i (as in sit) is shorter and more relaxed than ee. Many learners stretch it into ee, which changes the word.
Deleted in a sentence
- The file was deleted by mistake and restored from backup.
- I deleted the draft and started again.
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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.
- Final -ed ending unclearUse the correct /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/ ending.
- Stress placed on the wrong syllableMake the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
- Final consonant devoicedKeep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
- Schwa not reducedRelax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.
- /ɪ/ and /iː/ confusedMake /iː/ higher, tenser and usually longer than /ɪ/.
Questions
How do you pronounce deleted?
Deleted is pronounced /dɪ.ˈli.təd/, or dih-LEE-tuhd in plain letters. It has 3 syllables and the stress falls on the second syllable, "lee".
How many syllables are in deleted?
3: dih-LEE-tuhd. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.
How do you use deleted in a sentence?
The file was deleted by mistake and restored from backup. I deleted the draft and started again.
How is the ending of deleted pronounced?
The -ed ending is a separate syllable here, pronounced id, because the base word ends in a t or d sound.
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