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title: "Workplace Pronunciation: How to Say It in English"
description: "Workplace is pronounced /ˈwɝkp.ˌleɪs/ — WURKP-lays. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the first syllable."
url: "https://speakeroo.app/how-to-pronounce/workplace"
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# Workplace pronunciation

/ˈwɝkp.ˌleɪs/

WURKP-lays

Workplace has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "wurkp". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Workplace syllables

Workplace has 2 syllables: WURKP-lays.

1. WURKP wɝkp
2. lays leɪs

Two syllables: WURK-plays.

## 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 w sound

Round your lips as if for oo and glide into the next vowel. No teeth contact, or it turns into a v.

### Consonant clusters

Three consonants run together with no vowel between them. Say them as one movement rather than inserting an "uh"; slowing down is fine, adding a vowel is not.

### 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.

## Workplace in a sentence

- A quiet workplace helps people concentrate.
- Workplace English is mostly about meetings and email.

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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.

- /v/ and /w/ confused Use teeth-on-lip contact for /v/ and rounded lips without contact for /w/.
- Final consonant omitted Hold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Consonant cluster reduced Build the cluster one sound at a time without deleting a member.
- Extra vowel after a consonant Finish directly on the consonant instead of adding a vowel.
- Diphthong flattened into one vowel Move smoothly between both vowel positions.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce workplace?

Workplace is pronounced /ˈwɝkp.ˌleɪs/, or WURKP-lays in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "wurkp".

### How many syllables are in workplace?

2: WURKP-lays. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

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

A quiet workplace helps people concentrate. Workplace English is mostly about meetings and email.

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