Deliverer pronunciation
Deliverer has 4 syllables. The stress is on the second syllable, "lih". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.
Say deliverer and check it
Free, in the browser, no account needed. The clip is checked and then deleted.
Press record, say "deliverer" once or twice at normal speed, then stop. You will see which syllables matched and what to change.
Deliverer syllables
Deliverer has 4 syllables: dih-LIH-vur-ur.
- dihdɪ
- LIHlɪ
- vurvɚ
- urɚ
Stress "liv": dih-LIV-er-er.
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.
The v sound
Rest your top teeth on your bottom lip and add voice. Keep it distinct from w, which uses rounded lips and no teeth.
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.
The er vowel
American er (as in her) is a single vowel with the tongue bunched back. Keep the r quality through the whole vowel.
Deliverer in a sentence
- The village saw the engineer as a deliverer who brought clean water.
- The deliverer of the message was not the one who wrote it.
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.
- Stress placed on the wrong syllableMake the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
- /v/ and /w/ confusedUse teeth-on-lip contact for /v/ and rounded lips without contact for /w/.
- /ɪ/ and /iː/ confusedMake /iː/ higher, tenser and usually longer than /ɪ/.
- Every syllable stressed equallyEmphasise one main syllable and reduce the others.
Questions
How do you pronounce deliverer?
Deliverer is pronounced /dɪ.ˈlɪ.vɚ.ɚ/, or dih-LIH-vur-ur in plain letters. It has 4 syllables and the stress falls on the second syllable, "lih".
How many syllables are in deliverer?
4: dih-LIH-vur-ur. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.
How do you use deliverer in a sentence?
The village saw the engineer as a deliverer who brought clean water. The deliverer of the message was not the one who wrote it.
Practice full sentences with feedback
Every practice mode is free and starts in your browser. A free account adds session history and progress tracking so you can see the same feedback improve over time.