How to pronounce addiction

ad·DIC·tion

"addiction" has 3 syllables. The stress is on the second syllable: DIC.

Sounds like

uh-DIK-shuhn

IPA (American)

/əˈdɪkʃən/

Rhythm

da-DAAA-da

Words ending in -tion put the stress right before the ending. The same rule works for many other words.