English pronunciation
How to pronounce “apostrophe”
Phonetic spelling
uh-PAH-struh-fee
IPA /əˈpɑstɹəˌfi/
Syllable stress
uh·pah·struh·fee
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
How do you spell “apostrophe”?
a p o s t r o p h e
“apostrophe” is spelled A-P-O-S-T-R-O-P-H-E. It is pronounced uh-PAH-struh-fee, 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
The word 'can't' has an apostrophe in place of the missing letter.
My teacher explained that an apostrophe shows possession or contraction.