Word Pronunciation API

About the Word Pronunciation API

Word Pronunciation works by analyzing the word provided and getting the pronunciation. It uses advanced algorithms to get the pronunciation of the word and returns the pronunciation.

What people use it for

Text-to-Speech Engines

To produce accurate speech synthesis, TTS pipelines look up ARPAbet transcriptions to guide acoustic models on irregular English spellings.

Language Learning Flashcards

Vocabulary builders display ARPAbet phonetic guides beside headwords so students can read and practice standard spoken sounds.

Rhyme and Meter Matching

Comparing the final ARPAbet phoneme sequences from catalog queries helps lyric and poetry editors detect rhyming pairs automatically.

Custom Voice Command Parsing

When mapping voice triggers, speech recognition systems link spoken phonemes to commands using returned ARPAbet transcriptions.

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON

Default REST response

XML

Markup format

YAML

Human-readable

CSV

Tabular export

Beta

GraphQL

Query language

New

MCP

For AI agents

Request parameters — GET /v1/wordpronunciation

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Required

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/wordpronunciation?word=hello" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Response — GET /v1/wordpronunciation

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "word": "hello",
    "pronounciation": "HH AH0 L OW1"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

What a call costs — 2 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend

Drop an interactive Word Pronunciation form onto any page. The widget calls the API for you, so no key ever appears in your markup and there is nothing to deploy.

Changelog — Word Pronunciation API

Every change to this endpoint, newest first. Breaking changes ship as a new version and the previous one keeps serving — response fields are added, never removed or retyped in place, so an integration written against v1 keeps working.

Currently v1