How to pronounce Reaching
Reaching has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "ree". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.
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Reaching syllables
Reaching has 2 syllables: REE-chihng.
- REEri
- chihngtʃɪŋ
Sounds to watch
The r sound
Pull the tongue back and up without touching the roof of the mouth. American r is never rolled or tapped.
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 ch and j sounds
Ch and j start with a full stop of the air (t or d) and release into sh or zh. Without the stop they collapse into sh and zh, and "cheap" becomes "sheep".
Reaching in a sentence
- The rocket is reaching the edge of the atmosphere now.
- We are reaching customers we never expected to find.
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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.
- /r/ distorted or unclearUse the selected accent’s tongue shape without pressing the tongue against the palate.
- Final -ing pronounced unclearlyRaise the back of the tongue for /ŋ/ and avoid adding /g/ unless the word requires it.
- Final consonant omittedHold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- /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 reaching?
Reaching is pronounced /ˈri.tʃɪŋ/, or REE-chihng in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "ree".
How many syllables are in reaching?
2: REE-chihng. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.
How do you use reaching in a sentence?
The rocket is reaching the edge of the atmosphere now. We are reaching customers we never expected to find.
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