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title: "How to pronounce schism | Murmur"
description: "Check schism pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet."
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# How to pronounce schism

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

Dictionary variant 1

`S K IH1 Z AH0 M`

**Syllable estimate**

2 vowel nuclei

**Primary stress**

1st vowel position

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

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 schism in context

Schism describes a division within a group, often involving beliefs, authority, or institutional allegiance. History lessons and documentaries may use it when discussing religious or political disagreements. Narration should establish the group and the issue behind the separation, rather than letting the unfamiliar term stand in for the event itself.

1. The dispute produced a lasting schism within the organization.
2. The historian explains the events that preceded the schism.

### A practice cue

Audition schism beside the group or historical event it concerns. If the source lists more than one pronunciation, compare external dictionary audio and your audience's expectations before choosing the worksheet variant, then test that choice consistently throughout the passage.

## Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of schism. 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`IH`sound in **it**vowel`Z`sound in **zee**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**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.

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Source version and checksum

Commit: `74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690`

Dictionary SHA-256: `81917843c7f44ce2b094ac63873c2c7a4cf802040792c455ba3ca406891c3d22`

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