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How to pronounce psoriasis

Psoriasis opens on a plain s with a silent p, then stresses "RY": suh-RY-uh-sis (S ER0 AY1 AH0 S AH0 S) in CMUdict.

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The dictionary sound sequence

CMUdict lists this North American English pronunciation for psoriasis. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

S ER0 AY1 AH0 S AH0 S

Syllable estimate: 4 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 2nd 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 psoriasis in context

Psoriasis comes up in health explainers, skincare videos and patient leaflets, often next to eczema and dermatitis. The ps opening and the run of vowels in the middle lead readers to sound the p or to stress the first syllable. Four syllables are listed, with the main stress landing on the long i.

Her psoriasis flared up during the coldest weeks of winter.
The leaflet explains how psoriasis differs from an ordinary rash.

Read the sound tokens

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

Ssound in seaconsonant

ERsound in hurtvowel

AYsound in hidevowel

AHsound in hutvowel

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How to pronounce psoriasis

Word: psoriasis
Dictionary variant: 1 of 1
CMUdict ARPABET: S ER0 AY1 AH0 S AH0 S
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 4
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
Her psoriasis flared up during the coldest weeks of winter.
The leaflet explains how psoriasis differs from an ordinary rash.

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Practice note: Begin with the s and hold back any lip closure for the p. Then tap the four beats, suh-RY-uh-sis, and lean only on the second.

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