How to pronounce vacation
va·CA·tion
"vacation" has 3 syllables. The stress is on the second syllable: CA.
- Sounds like
- vay-KAY-shuhn
- IPA (American)
- /veɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Rhythm
- da-DAAA-da
Words ending in -tion put the stress right before the ending. The same rule works for many other words.