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Stress-Shift Pairs: REC-ord vs re-CORD

Dozens of English nouns and verbs are spelled identically but stress a different syllable. A sample below — the full drill lives on the heteronyms page.

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recordREK-ord (noun) / rih-CORD (verb)

Stress the first syllable as a noun, the second as a verb.

importIM-port (noun) / im-PORT (verb)

Same first/second-syllable pattern.

increaseIN-kreess (noun) / in-KREESS (verb)

Same pattern again.

progressPROG-ress (noun) / pruh-GRESS (verb)

Same pattern.

contractKON-trakt (noun) / kun-TRAKT (verb)

Same pattern.

permitPER-mit (noun) / per-MIT (verb)

Same pattern.

suspectSUS-pekt (noun) / suh-SPEKT (verb)

Same pattern.

conflictKON-flikt (noun) / kun-FLIKT (verb)

Same pattern.

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