English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Cohort Pronunciation
Cohort is pronounced KOH-hawrt, IPA /ˈkoʊhɔrt/.
KOH-hawrt
US /ˈkoʊhɔrt/ · UK /ˈkəʊhɔːt/
Syllables: KOH · hawrt (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A group of people with something in common, such as a year of students or a set of research subjects.
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Cohort in a Sentence
- The 2019 cohort finished during the pandemic.
- Researchers followed the same cohort for twenty years.
- Our cohort was the largest the school had taken.
Common Mispronunciations of Cohort
Not KUH-hort
The o in co is a full long oh, as in cope. A reduced vowel there makes the word sound like a cut-down version of comfort.
Not koh-HORT
Put the force on the opening beat and let hawrt follow quietly.
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