English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Affordable Pronunciation
Affordable is pronounced uh-FAWR-duh-buhl, IPA /əˈfɔrdəbəl/.
uh-FAWR-duh-buhl
US /əˈfɔrdəbəl/ · UK /əˈfɔːdəbəl/
Syllables: uh · FAWR · duh · buhl (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Cheap enough that ordinary people can pay for it.
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Affordable in a Sentence
- The council promised two hundred affordable homes.
- We found an affordable flat ten minutes from the station.
- Nothing on the menu was affordable on a student budget.
Common Mispronunciations of Affordable
Not a-fawr-DAY-buhl
Adding able to a verb never moves the beat, so this keeps the same peak afford has. The ending stays a muttered duh-buhl.
Not uh-FAWR-duh-bul
That final ble is a dark l with a faint uh ahead of it, not the full bull of a bull in a field.
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