Yet another ‘culprit’ that makes certain English words difficult to pronounce is stress pattern.
Stress patterns refer to the emphasis placed on certain syllables within a word. English words can have tricky stress patterns, making them difficult to pronounce. Here are some examples:
• Photography: fuh-TOG-ruh-fee
• Remuneration: ri-myoo-nuh-REY-shun
• Anecdote: AN-ik-doht
• Applicable: AP-li-kə-bəl
• Inevitable: in-EV-i-tə-bəl
• Comfortable: KUMF-tər-bəl
• Vegetable: VEJ-tə-bəl