WORD CHARMER Pronunciation

How to pronounce contracts

CON·tracts

"contracts" has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable: CON.

Sounds like
KON-trakts
IPA (American)
/ˈkɑnˌtrækts/
Rhythm
DAAA-da

It can also be said

  • kuhn-TRAKTS /kənˈtrækts/, with the stress on the second syllable

When a word has two stress patterns, the meaning can change too, as in a REC-ord and to re-CORD.

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