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

# How to pronounce caramel

Check caramel 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 **caramel**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

`K EH1 R AH0 M AH0 L`

**Syllable estimate**

3 vowel nuclei

**Primary stress**

1st vowel position

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

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 caramel in context

Caramel appears in cooking instructions, flavor descriptions, and color comparisons. The intended accent and the surrounding food vocabulary influence what listeners expect to hear. Recipe narration also needs a useful pace at the moment the word introduces a step, especially when timing or heat requires attention.

1. Pour the caramel over the cooled apple tart.
2. The afternoon light gave the wood a caramel glow.

### A practice cue

Compare caramel using a reference for your intended accent and the actual recipe sentence. Audition it beside the next cooking action, checking that the chosen delivery is consistent across the ingredient list, instructions, and any final tasting description.

## Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of caramel. 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).

`K`sound in **key**consonant`EH`sound in **Ed**vowel`R`sound in **read**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`M`sound in **me**consonant`L`sound in **lee**consonant

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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.

Copying and downloading happen in your browser. No script upload or audio generation is needed.

## 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)

Source version and checksum

Commit: `74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690`

Dictionary SHA-256: `81917843c7f44ce2b094ac63873c2c7a4cf802040792c455ba3ca406891c3d22`

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