English pronunciation
How to pronounce “perpendicular”
Phonetic spelling
pur-puhn-DIK-yuh-luhr
IPA /ˌpɝpənˈdɪkjəɫɝ/
Syllable stress
pur·puhn·DIK·yuh·luhr
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
How do you spell “perpendicular”?
p e r p e n d i c u l a r
“perpendicular” is spelled P-E-R-P-E-N-D-I-C-U-L-A-R. It is pronounced pur-puhn-DIK-yuh-luhr, 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 wall must be perfectly perpendicular to the floor.
In geometry class, we learned how to draw a line perpendicular to another.