--- title: "How to pronounce february | Murmur" description: "Check february pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/february" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/february PRONUNCIATION / Everyday language # How to pronounce february Check february pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet. ## The dictionary sound sequence CMUdict lists these 2 North American English pronunciations for **february**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `F EH1 B Y AH0 W EH2 R IY0` **Syllable estimate** 4 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position **Secondary stress** 3rd vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `F EH1 B R UW0 EH2 R IY0` **Syllable estimate** 4 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position **Secondary stress** 3rd vowel position [Check february in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/february). 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 february in context February appears in schedules, histories, journal entries, and seasonal descriptions. Spoken dates need to be easy to retain, especially when several deadlines or events are close together. Narration should establish the year and surrounding sequence when necessary, rather than depending on the month name to carry the timeline alone. 1. The exhibition opens in February and continues through early spring. 2. Her letter dated from February, just before the expedition departed. ### A practice cue Audition February inside the exact date format used in your script, and compare a reference for your chosen accent. Listen to consecutive dates as a sequence, checking that the month remains recognizable and that punctuation gives each event enough separation. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of february. 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). `F`sound in **fee**consonant`EH`sound in **Ed**vowel`B`sound in **be**consonant`Y`sound in **yield**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`W`sound in **we**consonant`R`sound in **read**consonant`IY`sound in **eat**vowel`UW`sound in **two**vowel TAKE IT TO YOUR NEXT RECORDING ## 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` ## Keep practising [How to pronounce foyer](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/foyer)[How to pronounce assuage](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/assuage)[How to pronounce caramel](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/caramel)[How to pronounce chaos](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/chaos) [Build a pronunciation test suite for local TTS](https://www.murmurtts.com/blog/pronunciation-test-suite-local-tts) · [Browse all word references](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation) MURMUR FOR MAC ## Check the word in a real voiceover. Murmur generates speech locally on Apple Silicon Macs. Try your audition sentences with your chosen model and voice, listen for pronunciation, and review the result before exporting. A dictionary sequence does not guarantee a model’s output. [Explore Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/#product)