How to pronounce Playback
Playback has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "play". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.
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Playback syllables
Playback has 2 syllables: PLAY-bak.
- PLAYpleɪ
- bakbæk
Two syllables: PLAY-bak. Stress the first.
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 a in cat
Open the jaw wider than for eh and spread the lips slightly. The a in cat is a distinct vowel, not eh or ah.
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.
Playback in a sentence
- Playback stutters when the connection drops.
- Listen to the playback and note where you speed up.
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.
- Final consonant omittedHold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Diphthong flattened into one vowelMove smoothly between both vowel positions.
- Every syllable stressed equallyEmphasise one main syllable and reduce the others.
Questions
How do you pronounce playback?
Playback is pronounced /ˈpleɪ.ˌbæk/, or PLAY-bak in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "play".
How many syllables are in playback?
2: PLAY-bak. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.
How do you use playback in a sentence?
Playback stutters when the connection drops. Listen to the playback and note where you speed up.
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