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title: "How to pronounce phenomenon | Murmur"
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PRONUNCIATION / Science and learning

# How to pronounce phenomenon

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

Dictionary variant 1

`F AH0 N AA1 M AH0 N AA2 N`

**Syllable estimate**

4 vowel nuclei

**Primary stress**

2nd vowel position

**Secondary stress**

4th vowel position

[Check phenomenon in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phenomenon).

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 phenomenon in context

Phenomenon names an observable event, occurrence, or fact that invites attention or explanation. Science lessons may use it for a physical effect, while cultural commentary may describe a popular movement. Narration should establish what the audience can observe before discussing the explanation or significance of that phenomenon.

1. The experiment demonstrates a phenomenon that appears when the liquid cools.
2. The documentary traces how a local dance became a worldwide phenomenon.

### A practice cue

Test phenomenon near the description of the event it names. Listen to the whole explanation rather than isolating the word, and check singular and plural wording elsewhere in your script before recording a lesson that moves between several observations.

## Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of phenomenon. 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).

`F`sound in **fee**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`AA`sound in **odd**vowel`M`sound in **me**consonant

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## 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.

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## 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`

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