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title: "How to pronounce awry | Murmur"
description: "Check awry pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet."
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# How to pronounce awry

Check awry pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet.

## The dictionary sound sequence

CMUdict lists this North American English pronunciation for **awry**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

`ER0 AY1`

**Syllable estimate**

2 vowel nuclei

**Primary stress**

2nd vowel position

[Check awry in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awry).

Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context.

## Use awry in context

Awry describes something that has gone wrong or moved away from its expected course. It works in plot summaries, personal stories, and accounts of plans unraveling. The delivery can be comic or serious, but should follow the scale of the consequence established in the surrounding scene.

1. The rehearsal went awry when the lights failed.
2. Her carefully arranged timetable began to go awry after lunch.

### A practice cue

Audition awry with the verb phrase that precedes it, such as went awry. Listen across the point where the plan changes, and compare a light delivery with a serious one to match the actual consequences in the story.

## Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of awry. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the [CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/Papers/MastersThesis.pdf#page=115).

`ER`sound in **hurt**vowel`AY`sound in **hide**vowel

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## Make an audition worksheet

Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. The two original sentences retain their normal spelling; this worksheet helps you review a recording rather than forcing a speech engine to use phonemes.

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## Dictionary source

The phonemes on this page come from [CMU Pronouncing Dictionary](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/cmudict.dict). The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters.

[CMUdict README](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/README) · [Included dictionary license](https://www.murmurtts.com/downloads/cmudict-license.txt)

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Commit: `74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690`

Dictionary SHA-256: `81917843c7f44ce2b094ac63873c2c7a4cf802040792c455ba3ca406891c3d22`

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