How to pronounce surgical
SUR·gi·cal
"surgical" has 3 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable: SUR.
- Sounds like
- SER-jih-kuhl
- IPA (American)
- /ˈsɝdʒɪkəl/
- Rhythm
- DAAA-da-da
Words ending in -ical put the stress right before the ending. The same rule works for many other words.