--- title: "How to pronounce uranus | Murmur" description: "Uranus has two CMUdict stress options, YOO-ruh-nus and YER-uh-nus, and narrators choose between them to avoid an unintended joke." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/uranus" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/uranus Pronunciation · Science and learning # How to pronounce uranus Uranus has two CMUdict stress options, YOO-ruh-nus and YER-uh-nus, and narrators choose between them to avoid an unintended joke. [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 **uranus**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `Y UW1 R AH0 N AH0 S` **Syllable estimate** 3 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `Y ER1 AH0 N AH0 S` **Syllable estimate** 3 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position [Check uranus in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uranus). 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 uranus in context Astronomy lessons, science documentaries and space news all need to name the seventh planet. CMUdict lists one form with the stress on "YOO" followed by "ruh-nus", and another that begins "YER". Both are standard; the choice is mostly about which one keeps a classroom focused on the science. 1. Uranus rotates on its side compared with the other planets. 2. The probe will take years to reach Uranus. ### A practice cue Record both variants and listen back in context. For educational audio, choose one form, note it at the top of the script and use it every time the planet comes up. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of uranus. 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). `Y`sound in **yield**consonant`UW`sound in **two**vowel`R`sound in **read**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`S`sound in **sea**consonant`ER`sound in **hurt**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). 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