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# How to pronounce "rounding error" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ræʊndɪndʒɛrrɒr/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **roun·din·ger·ror**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "rounding error" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "it's over almost 70, and some years it's 60, but it controls over half of the world's commercial shipbuilding at the moment. The US, for contrast, it's a rounding error. It's somewhere between 0.01 and 0.02%. >> That's Peter K. Lee, research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul. He focuses on Indo-Pacific security and a lot on the shipbuilding industry. Let's take a look"
- **Watch at 0:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyAtZRXEYdw&t=35s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "rounding error in the economy and is now the largest single category in the economy and by far the largest category in the stock market"
- **Watch at 16:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Sbm_L89cE&t=1009s)

### Example 3
> "partners at our firm and we have a flat equal partnership are women um and we're funding you know we fund women that apply at uh exactly you know plus minus a rounding error of we fund them at the rate they apply so I think those are the things that we can do that that really help um but I also don't think diversity in tech is just about men and women it goes in a lot of different directions and you know we try to be thoughtful about that it's the right thing to do I"
- **Watch at 3:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLSsQLX9L8&t=200s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "a rounding error for Medicare."
- **Watch at 3:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OP33GWXTz8&t=207s)

### Example 5
> "It's a rounding error, trials."
- **Watch at 41:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKr8CZchtms&t=2501s)

### Example 6
> "I'd argue rounding error-- pretty much the same."
- **Watch at 40:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMPSaZ4hxKk&t=2410s)

### Example 7
> "The numbers of truly bad people, true psychopaths, true sadists, it's always tiny, right? It's the tiniest rounding error on what is actually the case, which is you have psychologically normal, compassionate, otherwise good people ruled by bad ideas and ideas that put them in explicit conflict with other human beings who have different ideas."
- **Watch at 1:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrAUBgp4Qvs&t=111s)

### Example 8
> "The numbers of truly bad people, you know, true psychopaths, true sadists, it's always tiny, right? It's the tiniest rounding error on what is actually the case, which is you have psychologically normal, compassionate, otherwise good people ruled by bad ideas and ideas that put them in explicit conflict with other human beings who have different ideas."
- **Watch at 38:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4dr_YQxrQ&t=2303s)

### Example 9
> "of the assets in the United States. And higher rates mean higher yields on their cash and steady appreciation of their homes. And so for this group, inflation is a rounding error. Their paycheck comes from the market, and the market is doing pretty well. For the bottom 50%, the math is brutal. They own just 5% of the assets and carry the bulk of the floating rate debt. The type of debt where it can go up. You know, you don't just sign on the bottom line and you"
- **Watch at 0:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7TMBYycHsY&t=45s)

### Example 10
> "one tenth of one percent of federal spending. It's a rounding error on the federal side. But price to entry into that competition would be, you could just, say, use the President's goal."
- **Watch at 8:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMynksvCcUI&t=501s)


## How to Pronounce "rounding error"

- **Syllables**: roun · din · ger · ror
- **IPA**: `/ræʊndɪndʒɛrrɒr/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[rounding](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/rounding), [error](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/error)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “rounding error”?
“rounding error” is pronounced /ræʊndɪndʒɛrrɒr/ (roun · din · ger · ror). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “rounding error”?
“rounding error” has 4 syllables: roun · din · ger · ror.

### How can I hear “rounding error” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “rounding error” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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