Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sentence stress

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
sen-tence stress
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the distribution of stresses within a sentence

Questions

What does sentence stress mean?
the distribution of stresses within a sentence

How to pronounce sentence stress

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “sentence stress”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “sentence stress”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “sentence stress” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.