Phonetics has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | He is at home in phonetics as well as linguistics. | |
| 2. | My earliest thoughts were about phonetics. | |
| 3. | Without actually knowing what "phonetics" meant and probably not even knowing the alphabet, I was able to think to myself that "p" was a harder version of "b" as was "t" to "d", "k" to "g" and "s" to "z". | |
| 4. | English phonetics are very inconsistent. | |
| 5. | Even with much simpler phonetics and spelling, some native Spanish speakers don't know the difference between some words. |