Where's the stress? #masterpronunciation
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2. third The stress falls on the third syllable in the word "psychological". Words in English typically follow a set of patterns in terms of syllable stress. For "psychological", the suffix "-logical" is always stressed on the third syllable from the end, hence, in this case, "cho" gets the stress: psy-CHO-log-i-cal. So, no matter how long the word is, the rule applies consistently making it easier to remember. This rule covers various words with the same suffix such as "biological", "theological", "sociological", etc.