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title: "Determining Pronunciation: How to Say It in English"
description: "Determining is pronounced /dɪ.ˈtɝ.mə.nɪŋ/ — dih-TUR-muh-nihng. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the second syllable."
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# Determining pronunciation

/dɪ.ˈtɝ.mə.nɪŋ/

dih-TUR-muh-nihng

Determining has 4 syllables. The stress is on the second syllable, "tur". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Determining syllables

Determining has 4 syllables: dih-TUR-muh-nihng.

1. dih dɪ
2. TUR tɝ
3. muh mə
4. nihng nɪŋ

Dih-TUR-min-ing, four syllables, stress on "tur". The middle "-min-" is a quick, weak syllable — do not let it become "mine".

## 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.

### 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 ng sound

The ng is one nasal sound made with the back of the tongue. There is no separate hard g after it.

### 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.

## Determining in a sentence

- Price is the determining factor for most of our customers.
- The lab is still determining what caused the leak.

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 syllable Make the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
- Final -ing pronounced unclearly Raise the back of the tongue for /ŋ/ and avoid adding /g/ unless the word requires it.
- Final consonant omitted Hold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Schwa not reduced Relax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.
- /ɪ/ and /iː/ confused Make /iː/ higher, tenser and usually longer than /ɪ/.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce determining?

Determining is pronounced /dɪ.ˈtɝ.mə.nɪŋ/, or dih-TUR-muh-nihng in plain letters. It has 4 syllables and the stress falls on the second syllable, "tur".

### How many syllables are in determining?

4: dih-TUR-muh-nihng. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

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

Price is the determining factor for most of our customers. The lab is still determining what caused the leak.

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