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“10 100” Stress Pattern in English (US)
Browse English (US) words with the “10 100” rhythmic stress pattern, complete with pronunciations, syllable breakdowns, and linguistic insights.
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10 100 Primary stress on first syllable of each word: 'LO-cal' and 'GOV-ern-ment'. The pattern shows 1 for primary stress, 0 for unstressed syllables.
local government
4 syllables16 letters
lo·cal gov·ern·ment
/ˈloʊ.kəl ˈɡʌv.ərn.mənt/
noun phrase
'Local government' is a two-word noun phrase with 5 total syllables: lo-cal (2) + gov-ern-ment (3). Primary stress falls on 'lo' and 'gov'. 'Local' derives from Latin 'locus' + '-al' suffix; 'government' from Old French 'governer' + '-ment' suffix. Standard syllabification follows Maximal Onset Principle for 'local' and VCCV split with morpheme boundary preservation for 'government.'