How to pronounce "psychometrics" in English
psy·cho·me·trics
Hear native speakers say psychometrics in context across real video clips
neuroscience at the UCSF medical school and the National Institute of Health. His laboratory uses multiple methods including psychometrics, psychophysiology, brain imaging and pharmarmacology to investigate neural psychophysiology, brain imaging and pharmarmacology to investigate neural
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “psychometrics”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
psy
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
cho
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
me
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
trics
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
Keep the vowel length balanced, placing subtle emphasis on the root morpheme according to standard conversational rhythm.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: The "p" in "psychometrics" is entirely unpronounced.
How Native Speakers Say It: Skip the "p" and start speaking immediately from the subsequent sound.
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "psychometrics" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "psychometrics is" sounds like "psychometrics-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "psychometrics" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“His laboratory uses multiple methods including psychometrics, psychophysiology, brain imaging and pharmarmacology to investigate neural”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“productive ways psychometrics that which is hard to pronounce and hard to find in”— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“Now we’ve spent a lot of time on this with psychometrics and questionnaires and all that stuff.”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“psychometrics, parent reporting. And the very last thing I want to say just as a tiny plug at the end is we are a very research-focused company”— StanfordWatch clip
“yourself like i just loved that idea and so half of gallup was polling and half of gallup was psychometrics”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“that deals with this question so what's psychometrics the psychometrics is the sub-field of psychology that that tries to”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Practice Speaking “psychometrics”
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His laboratory uses multiple methods including psychometrics, psychophysiology, brain imaging and pharmarmacology to investigate neural
Hear it in context: “psychometrics”
38 clipsThe English word “psychometrics”. Phonologically, it consists of 4 syllables (psy · cho · me · trics). Grammatically, “psychometrics” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 38 authentic English video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “psychometrics” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from YaleCourses, Harvard University, TEDx Talks.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #1 · @0:36
“neuroscience at the UCSF medical school and the National Institute of Health. His laboratory uses multiple methods including psychometrics, psychophysiology, brain imaging and pharmarmacology to investigate neural psychophysiology, brain imaging and pharmarmacology to investigate neural”
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #2 · @9:36
“and pushing the frameworks that I had developed initially and I think pretty productive ways psychometrics that which is hard to pronounce and hard to find in the journals it has a pretty small kind of audience and MOOCs as you probably”
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #3 · @4:28
“Who do you think you are? Now we’ve spent a lot of time on this with psychometrics and questionnaires and all that stuff. And it’s very important, but it's skin deep because who we think we are and and questionnaires and all that stuff. And it’s very important,”
- 🇺🇸 USStanfordClip #4 · @35:48
“our own, you know. Um curriculum, game design, speech recognition, psychometrics, parent reporting. And the very last thing I want to say just as a tiny plug at the end is we are a very research-focused company tiny plug at the end is we are a very research-focused company”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @11:28
“strengths your talents your advantages your attributes that you don't even know yourself like i just loved that idea and so half of gallup was polling and half of gallup was psychometrics half of gallup was psychometrics”
Definition & Meaning: “psychometrics”
- The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.
Example Sentences (2)
- “His laboratory uses multiple methods including psychometrics, psychophysiology, brain imaging and pharmarmacology to investigate neural”
- “productive ways psychometrics that which is hard to pronounce and hard to find in”
Common Phrases & Collocations
Pronounce: “psychometrics”
- Syllables:
- psy · cho · me · trics
- Hear it in context
- psychometrics
Words that Sound Identical (Homophones)
Unique Sound"psychometrics" has no true homophones in standard English — there are no other words with identical pronunciation. Unlike sound-alike pairs like there / their or peace / piece, "psychometrics" has a completely distinct phonetic identity.
Frequently asked questions about psychometrics
How many syllables are in “psychometrics”?
“psychometrics” has 4 syllables: psy · cho · me · trics.
What does “psychometrics” mean?
The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.
How can I hear “psychometrics” used in real sentences?
This page has 38 real-world video examples of “psychometrics” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “psychometrics”?
The "p" in "psychometrics" is entirely unpronounced. Skip the "p" and start speaking immediately from the subsequent sound.