English pronunciation · Words Starting with R
Real Estate Pronunciation
Real Estate is pronounced REEL-i-STAYT, IPA /ˈril ɪˈsteɪt/.
REEL-i-STAYT
US /ˈril ɪˈsteɪt/
Syllables: REEL · i · STAYT (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (phrase): Land and the buildings on it, considered as property that can be bought and sold.
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Real Estate in a Sentence
- She moved into real estate after twenty years in banking.
- Commercial real estate has been slow all year.
- Buying real estate abroad brings its own paperwork.
Common Mispronunciations of Real Estate
Not REEL-uhs-tayt
These are two separate words and each keeps a beat of its own, so the phrase has a loud REEL and a loud STAYT with a weak i between them.
Not RAY-uhl i-STAYT
Americans normally run the first word down to one beat, REEL, and let the second carry the sentence.
Tip: An agent who sells it is a realtor in America, REEL-ter with two beats, and the four-beat REE-luh-ter is the error everyone notices.
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