English word stress: 理解されるためのビート
PHOtograph, phoTOgraphy, photoGRAPHic — ストレスを正しく置くことは、単一の音よりも重要です。ほとんどの単語に当てはまるパターンをご紹介します。
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·更新日 2026-10-20
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You can pronounce every sound in a word perfectly and still not be understood — if the stress is on the wrong syllable. Native listeners recognise words by their shape first: which syllable is loud, long and high.
Say deSERT instead of DEsert and you have changed the word. Say comFORtable and people will need a second to decode it.
ストレス（アクセント）とは何か
A stressed syllable is:
- louder,
- longer,
- higher in pitch,
- and has a full, clear vowel — while the syllables around it often weaken to a schwa
/ə/.
ほとんどの単語に当てはまるパターン
English stress is not random. These rules are not perfect, but they are right far more often than guessing:
| パターン | 例 |
|---|---|
| Two-syllable nouns and adjectives stress the first syllable | TAble, HAPpy, WINdow |
| Two-syllable verbs stress the second | beGIN, reLAX, deCIDE |
| Same word, noun vs verb | a REcord / to reCORD, a PREsent / to preSENT |
| Words ending in -tion, -sion, -ic stress the syllable before | inforMAtion, deCIsion, enerGEtic |
| Words ending in -ity, -graphy, -logy stress the third from the end | possiBIlity, phoTOgraphy, biOlogy |
アクセントの変化を見る
The same root changes its stress as the ending changes:
- PHOtograph → phoTOgrapher → photoGRAphic
- eCOnomy → ecoNOmic
- Educate → eduCAtion
アクセント練習の方法
- Clap or tap the table on the stressed syllable while you say the word.
- Exaggerate: make it twice as long as feels natural.
- Then let the other syllables go quiet and quick.
In HolosAccent you listen to a native reference of every phrase first, then record your own take and replay the two side by side. Hearing your PHOtograph next to the native one is the fastest way to notice when the beat lands in the wrong place.
