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Toyota Pronunciation

Toyota is pronounced toh-YOH-tuh, IPA /toʊˈjoʊtə/.

toh-YOH-tuh

US /toʊˈjoʊtə/

Syllables: toh · YOH · tuh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

proper noun: The Japanese carmaker, the largest in the world by number of vehicles built.

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Toyota in a Sentence

  • They have driven the same Toyota for fifteen years.
  • Toyota opened a second plant outside the city.
  • The garage only takes Toyota and Lexus.

Common Mispronunciations of Toyota

Not TOY-oh-tuh

The English word toy is hiding in the spelling but not in the sound. The first syllable is a clean toh, and it is unstressed.

Not toh-YOH-tah

The last vowel softens to a weak uh in English. Holding it as a full ah sounds like a careful reading rather than speech.

Tip: Three syllables with the middle one loudest: toh-YOH-tuh. The Japanese original spreads the beats evenly and keeps all three o vowels pure.

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