How to pronounce "second price" in English
se·con·dprice
Hear native speakers say second price in context across real video clips
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “second price”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
se
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
con
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
dprice
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: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.
How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When followed by a vowel, insert a subtle glide (/w/ or /j/) to connect into the subsequent word without an abrupt glottal stop.
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "second price" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“revenue from a second price auction in which people will bid their values but I only get the second price?”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“A second auction that's-- second price sealed bid auctions are this nice economic gain, nice model, because they're very simple.”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“second price but that wasn't important what important is this was the first step towards actually changing the world with my”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“What about if we switch from the second price auction, or eBay, to a first-price auction?”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“Proposition: in the second price sealed bid auction, it's a weakly dominant strategy to bid your true value.”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“What we've argued is: in a second-price auction you're going to bid your value, but the winner's only going to pay the second price.”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
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revenue from a second price auction in which people will bid their values but I only get the second price?
Hear it in context: “second price”
72 clipsThe English word “second price”. Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (se · con · dprice). SayItVid indexes 72 authentic English video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “second price” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from YaleCourses, MIT OpenCourseWare, TEDx Talks.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #1 · @74:22
“last poll of the whole course. Who thinks I can expect more revenue from a second price auction in which people will bid their values but I only get the second price? their values but I only get the second price?”
- 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWareClip #2 · @13:43
“truthfully, that's a fairly easy calculation to do. A second auction that's-- second price sealed bid auctions are this nice economic gain, nice model, because they're very simple. second price sealed bid auctions are this nice economic gain,”
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #3 · @11:09
“my happy surprise I won the third priz and it might not be the first nor the second price but that wasn't important what important is this was the first step towards actually changing the world with my step towards actually changing the world with my”
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #4 · @70:02
“I'll leave proving that as an exercise. What about if we switch from the second price auction, or eBay, to a first-price auction? or eBay, to a first-price auction?”
- 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWareClip #5 · @7:11
“And so it's a very nice mechanism in that sense. Proposition: in the second price sealed bid auction, it's a weakly dominant strategy to bid your true value. it's a weakly dominant strategy to bid your true value.”
Pronounce: “second price”
- Syllables:
- se · con · dprice
- Hear it in context
- second price
Words that Sound Identical (Homophones)
Unique Sound"second price" 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, "second price" has a completely distinct phonetic identity.
Frequently asked questions about second price
How many syllables are in “second price”?
“second price” has 3 syllables: se · con · dprice.
How can I hear “second price” used in real sentences?
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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “second price”?
Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).