chocolate
/ˈtʃɑːklət/
CHOK-lit 2 syllables · stress on the capitals
US English pronunciation
How to pronounce chocolate
The trap
Three syllables on paper, two in speech. The middle o is silent: choc-late.
Tip. Say “chock”, then a short “lit”.
More on this sound: The schwa /ə/: how to pronounce the most common sound in English
Say it in a sentence
Tono scores English against the US model and colors every word, so you can see whether chocolate landed.