These Words with R and L have stress on the first syllable.
| L Sounds | R Sounds | R and L |
| blacklist | buffer | clear |
| courier | cluster | |
| hustle | energy | gallery |
| juggle | errand | gridlock |
| level | error | leadership |
| liable | hurry | literally |
| million | jerk | parallel |
| billion | merger | preferable |
| multiple | period | problem |
| novel | profit | quarrel |
| sales | progress** | retail |
| slacks | purchase | rarely |
| slip | purpose | salary |
| fill out* | trust | tolerance |
| fill in* | truth | URL |
| sell out* | turnover | vulnerable |
* In common phrases like these, let the L sound connect the two words, so that fill out sounds like fi–lout.
** For this word, stress the 1st syllable when it’s a noun and the second syllable when it’s a verb.
For these words, stress the 2nd syllable.
| R Sounds | R and L |
| career | reality |
| determine | relate |
| hurray | release |
| participate | reliable |
| percent | repeatedly |
| perspective | unreasonable |
| precise | |
| produce |
These words have stress on the 3rd syllable: liability, energetic, memorandum, preferential, represents
This word has stress on the 4th syllable: entrepreneur
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