--- title: "How to pronounce schedule | Murmur" description: "CMUdict lists only the US \"SKEJ\" form of schedule, S K EH1 JH UH0 L or S K EH1 JH UW0 L, not the British \"shed\" form." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/schedule" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/schedule Pronunciation · Work and business # How to pronounce schedule CMUdict lists only the US "SKEJ" form of schedule, S K EH1 JH UH0 L or S K EH1 JH UW0 L, not the British "shed" form. [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 2 North American English pronunciations for **schedule**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `S K EH1 JH UH0 L` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `S K EH1 JH UW0 L` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position [Check schedule in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schedule). 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 schedule in context Schedule appears in nearly every business update, calendar reminder and training video. CMUdict gives two US forms that both begin with "sk" and differ only in the second vowel. British English often starts the word with "sh", which this entry does not include. 1. The team moved the launch to next week's schedule. 2. Please check the schedule before you book the room. ### A practice cue Choose the "sk" opening for US audiences and keep the second syllable light. If your script targets British listeners, this reference will not match their expectation. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of schedule. 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). `S`sound in **sea**consonant`K`sound in **key**consonant`EH`sound in **Ed**vowel`JH`sound in **gee**consonant`UH`sound in **hood**vowel`L`sound in **lee**consonant`UW`sound in **two**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). The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters. 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