English pronunciation · Words Starting with I
Io Pronunciation
Io is pronounced EYE-oh, IPA /ˈaɪoʊ/.
EYE-oh
US /ˈaɪoʊ/
Syllables: EYE · oh (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (proper): The innermost large moon of Jupiter, named after a figure in Greek myth.
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Io in a Sentence
- Io has more active volcanoes than anywhere else in the solar system.
- The probe passed within a few hundred kilometres of Io.
- Zeus turned Io into a heifer to hide her.
Common Mispronunciations of Io
Not EE-oh
Readers of Italian and Spanish meet this spelling as their own word for I and give it an ee. English opens it with the letter I said aloud.
Not eye-OH
The front beat is the loud one, and the oh behind it keeps its full vowel without taking any push.
Tip: The domain ending .io is usually read letter by letter, EYE-OH, which happens to match the moon.
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