English pronunciation

How to pronounce “adobe

Phonetic spelling

uh-DOH-bee

IPA /əˈdoʊbi/

Syllable stress

uh·doh·bee

Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.

How do you spell “adobe”?

a d o b e

adobe” is spelled A-D-O-B-E. It is pronounced uh-DOH-bee, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.

Hear it in a sentence

  • I need to install Adobe Acrobat on my computer for editing PDFs.

  • The building was made of traditional adobe bricks.

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