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Press record, say "route" once or twice at normal speed, then stop. You will see which syllables matched and what to change.
Route syllables
Route has 1 syllable: ROOT.
- ROOTrut
Both ROOT and ROWT (rhyming with "out") are correct. ROOT is the older form and the usual one in British English; ROWT is common in American English, especially in "router". Either is fine.
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.
Route in a sentence
- The bus takes a longer route on Sundays.
- We planned a route that avoids the motorway entirely.
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.
- /r/ distorted or unclearUse the selected accent’s tongue shape without pressing the tongue against the palate.
- Final consonant omittedHold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
Questions
How do you pronounce route?
Route is pronounced /ˈrut/, or ROOT in plain letters. It has one syllable.
How many syllables are in route?
One. Route is a single syllable: ROOT.
How do you use route in a sentence?
The bus takes a longer route on Sundays. We planned a route that avoids the motorway entirely.
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