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October Pronunciation
October is pronounced ahk-TOH-ber, IPA /ɑkˈtoʊbɝ/.
ahk-TOH-ber
US /ɑkˈtoʊbɝ/
Syllables: ahk · TOH · ber (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun: The tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
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October in a Sentence
- The lease runs out at the end of October.
- October was unusually dry this year.
- We moved house in early October.
Common Mispronunciations of October
Not OK-toh-ber
The first syllable is quick and unstressed, and the beat waits for the toh. Fronting it sounds like reading a list.
Not ahk-TOH-bair
The last syllable is a plain weak ber. A French-style bair overshoots it.
Tip: The o in the middle is long, the same vowel as in oh and boat.
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