--- title: "How to pronounce pecan | Murmur" description: "Pecan has three CMUdict readings, from puh-KAHN to PEE-kan, so the trap is choosing one stress pattern and keeping it consistent." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/pecan" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/pecan Pronunciation · Everyday language # How to pronounce pecan Pecan has three CMUdict readings, from puh-KAHN to PEE-kan, so the trap is choosing one stress pattern and keeping it consistent. [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 these 3 North American English pronunciations for **pecan**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `P AH0 K AA1 N` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 2nd vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `P IY1 K AA2 N` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position **Secondary stress** 2nd vowel position Dictionary variant 3 `P IH0 K AE1 N` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 2nd vowel position [Check pecan in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pecan). 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 pecan in context Few food words split listeners as evenly as pecan, and the dictionary reflects that with three listed forms. One puts the stress on the second syllable with an "ah" vowel, one stresses the first syllable, and a third keeps the stress late but uses the vowel of "can". None is wrong here; mixing them inside one script is what sounds careless. 1. She folded chopped pecan halves into the cookie dough. 2. A slice of pecan pie closed out the holiday meal. ### A practice cue Mark the variant that matches your audience in the script margin. Read every instance with that same stress so a long recipe or story does not switch halfway. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of pecan. 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). `P`sound in **pee**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`K`sound in **key**consonant`AA`sound in **odd**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`IY`sound in **eat**vowel`IH`sound in **it**vowel`AE`sound in **at**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). 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