PRONUNCIATION / Work and business

How to pronounce receipt

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

Dictionary variant 1

R IH0 S IY1 T

Syllable estimate: 2 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

Dictionary variant 2

R IY0 S IY1 T

Syllable estimate: 2 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

Check receipt 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 receipt in context

Receipt can mean a document acknowledging payment or the act of receiving something. It appears in shopping instructions, expense tutorials, and formal messages about delivery. Narration should make the relevant action clear, especially when a listener must keep a document, submit it, or confirm that an item arrived.

Keep the receipt until the replacement arrives.
The office will confirm receipt of your application by email.

Read the sound tokens

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

Rsound in readconsonant

IHsound in itvowel

Ssound in seaconsonant

IYsound in eatvowel

Tsound in teaconsonant

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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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How to pronounce receipt

Word: receipt
Dictionary variant: 1 of 2
CMUdict ARPABET: R IH0 S IY1 T
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 2
Primary stress: 2nd vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
Keep the receipt until the replacement arrives.
The office will confirm receipt of your application by email.

REVIEW CHECKLIST
[ ] Read both sentences naturally; keep the source wording.
[ ] 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.
[ ] Generate and listen to a short Murmur sample before exporting the full script.

Practice note: Audition receipt in both keep the receipt and confirm receipt if your script uses both meanings. Listen for whether the instruction remains easy to act on, and avoid giving the written spelling extra emphasis in a routine administrative passage.

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/receipt

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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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