--- title: "How to pronounce irrevocable | Murmur" description: "Irrevocable stresses \"REV\" in CMUdict, ih-REV-uh-kuh-bul (IH2 R EH1 V AH0 K AH0 B AH0 L), not \"revoke\" in the middle." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/irrevocable" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/irrevocable Pronunciation · Work and business # How to pronounce irrevocable Irrevocable stresses "REV" in CMUdict, ih-REV-uh-kuh-bul (IH2 R EH1 V AH0 K AH0 B AH0 L), not "revoke" in the middle. [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 **irrevocable**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `IH2 R EH1 V AH0 K AH0 B AH0 L` **Syllable estimate** 5 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 2nd vowel position **Secondary stress** 1st vowel position [Check irrevocable in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irrevocable). 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 irrevocable in context Irrevocable shows up in contracts, trust documents and banking terms such as an irrevocable letter of credit. Because it contains revoke, readers tend to say "ir-re-VOKE-able". The dictionary shifts the stress forward and turns the "vo" into a light uh. 1. The trust becomes irrevocable once it is signed. 2. Selling the land was an irrevocable decision. ### A practice cue Tap out five syllables with the weight on REV. Go slowly at first: ih, REV, uh, kuh, bul. The word revoke should not be audible inside it. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of irrevocable. 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`R`sound in **read**consonant`EH`sound in **Ed**vowel`V`sound in **vee**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`K`sound in **key**consonant`B`sound in **be**consonant`L`sound in **lee**consonant 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 caveat](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/caveat)[How to pronounce finance](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/finance)[How to pronounce infinitesimal](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/infinitesimal)[How to pronounce conscientious](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/conscientious) [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 and Windows ## Check the word in a real voiceover. Murmur generates speech locally on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, and on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 as a beta. 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. [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.[Explore Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/?utm_source=pronunciation&utm_medium=pseo&utm_campaign=wave1&utm_content=irrevocable#product)[Get Murmur free by sharing it](https://www.murmurtts.com/free?utm_source=pronunciation&utm_medium=pseo&utm_campaign=wave1&utm_content=irrevocable)