PRONUNCIATION / Everyday language

How to pronounce jewelry

Check jewelry 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 3 North American English pronunciations for jewelry. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

JH UW1 AH0 L R IY0

Syllable estimate: 3 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

Dictionary variant 2

JH UW1 L R IY0

Syllable estimate: 2 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

Dictionary variant 3

Merriam-Webster labels this form nonstandard. Compare the first two listed variants for a standard US English reading. Dictionary usage reference

JH UW1 L ER0 IY0

Syllable estimate: 3 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

Check jewelry in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio.

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 jewelry in context

Jewelry describes decorative items worn on the body and appears in shop guides, museum labels, and character scenes. A narration becomes more informative when it names the specific items, materials, or significance. Consistent spelling and delivery are especially useful when an international project includes regional writing conventions.

The display includes jewelry made from recycled glass.
She placed the jewelry in a small box before the journey.

Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of jewelry. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A).

JHsound in geeconsonant

UWsound in twovowel

AHsound in hutvowel

Lsound in leeconsonant

Rsound in readconsonant

IYsound in eatvowel

ERsound in hurtvowel

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Make an audition worksheet

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How to pronounce jewelry

Word: jewelry
Dictionary variant: 1 of 3
CMUdict ARPABET: JH UW1 AH0 L R IY0
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 3
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
The display includes jewelry made from recycled glass.
She placed the jewelry in a small box before the journey.

REVIEW CHECKLIST
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Practice note: Audition jewelry with the materials and item names in your passage. Compare the written form actually used in your script with your intended accent reference, and review repeated mentions for consistency rather than relying on one isolated successful reading.

CMUdict is a North American English lexicon, not a recording or a complete accent guide.
Variant order is dictionary order; it is not a ranking of correctness.
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Reference: https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/jewelry

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Dictionary source

The phonemes on this page come from CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters.

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