Diabetes pronunciation
Diabetes has 4 syllables. The stress is on the third syllable, "bee". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.
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Diabetes syllables
Diabetes has 4 syllables: deye-uh-BEE-teez.
- deyedaɪ
- uhə
- BEEbi
- teeztiz
Dy-uh-BEE-teez, four syllables, stress on "bee". The final syllable is "teez" in the usual form; "tis" is also heard and is not wrong.
The final -s is pronounced as a z because the sound before it is voiced.
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Weak syllables
The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.
Diabetes in a sentence
- Her doctor diagnosed type 2 diabetes last spring.
- Diabetes runs in the family on his mother’s side.
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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 -s ending unclearUse the correct /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/ ending and keep it audible.
- 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.
- Diphthong flattened into one vowelMove smoothly between both vowel positions.
Questions
How do you pronounce diabetes?
Diabetes is pronounced /ˌdaɪ.ə.ˈbi.tiz/, or deye-uh-BEE-teez in plain letters. It has 4 syllables and the stress falls on the third syllable, "bee".
How many syllables are in diabetes?
4: deye-uh-BEE-teez. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.
How do you use diabetes in a sentence?
Her doctor diagnosed type 2 diabetes last spring. Diabetes runs in the family on his mother’s side.
How is the ending of diabetes pronounced?
The final -s is pronounced as a z because the sound before it is voiced.
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