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How to pronounce obfuscate

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

Dictionary variant 1

AA1 B F AH0 S K EY2 T

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

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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 obfuscate in context

Obfuscate means to make something difficult to understand, sometimes deliberately. It appears in discussions of communication, software, and public accountability. A useful narration identifies what becomes unclear and how, while preserving the distinction between an accidental complication and an accusation that someone intentionally concealed information.

The extra jargon served to obfuscate a simple disagreement.
The tool can obfuscate the code before distribution.

Read the sound tokens

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

AAsound in oddvowel

Bsound in beconsonant

Fsound in feeconsonant

AHsound in hutvowel

Ssound in seaconsonant

Ksound in keyconsonant

EYsound in atevowel

Tsound in teaconsonant

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How to pronounce obfuscate

Word: obfuscate
Dictionary variant: 1 of 1
CMUdict ARPABET: AA1 B F AH0 S K EY2 T
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 3
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
The extra jargon served to obfuscate a simple disagreement.
The tool can obfuscate the code before distribution.

REVIEW CHECKLIST
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[ ] Compare the intended pronunciation with the selected dictionary variant.
[ ] Listen for vowel sounds, consonants, and word stress in context.
[ ] Check with a speaker or another dictionary when accent or meaning matters.
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Practice note: Test obfuscate with the information or code named in your script. Compare a technical instruction with any critical commentary, listening for whether the voice treats deliberate concealment as an allegation where appropriate and keeps the actual process easy to follow.

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/obfuscate

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