How to Pronounce “hat”

English Homophones — Words That Sound the Same, With Audio

Hear which words are genuinely identical in sound, which only nearly are, and which look identical on the page but are said two completely different ways.

The Schwa /ə/ — English’s Most Common Sound, Explained

One lazy, shapeless vowel accounts for more of spoken English than any other. What it is, every letter that spells it, and why your rhythm depends on it.

Suffix Stress Shifts — Photograph to Photography to Photographic

Why adding a suffix moves the stress: photograph, photography, photographic. The -tion, -ic and -ity endings that decide where the weight lands.

• Vowel minimal pairs