--- title: "How to pronounce inchoate | Murmur" description: "Inchoate has a k sound for ch in CMUdict, in-KOH-ut (IH2 N K OW1 AH0 T), three syllables stressed on the second." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/inchoate" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/inchoate Pronunciation · Creative work # How to pronounce inchoate Inchoate has a k sound for ch in CMUdict, in-KOH-ut (IH2 N K OW1 AH0 T), three syllables stressed on the second. [Buy $49](https://murmur-licenses.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/checkout)[Download free for Apple Silicon (3-day Pro trial)](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/latest)Intel Mac? [Download here](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/intel).Not sure? Apple menu > About This Mac shows your chip. Free plan with Kokoro voices, 3,000 characters a day · 3-day Pro trial, then $49 once ## The dictionary sound sequence CMUdict lists this North American English pronunciation for **inchoate**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `IH2 N K OW1 AH0 T` **Syllable estimate** 3 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 2nd vowel position **Secondary stress** 1st vowel position [Check inchoate in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inchoate). 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 inchoate in context Inchoate means only partly formed, and it appears in literary criticism, legal writing and essays about early ideas. Readers who see inch at the front say "inch-oh-ate". The entry uses a k and stresses the long o. 1. The plan was still inchoate when we presented it. 2. His inchoate anger finally found words in the letter. ### A practice cue Read the word as in-KOH-ut, ignoring the inch you see. The last syllable is light, so do not rhyme it with late. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of inchoate. 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). `IH`sound in **it**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`K`sound in **key**consonant`OW`sound in **oat**vowel`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`T`sound in **tea**consonant Take it to your next recording ## Make an audition worksheet Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. 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