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Hadar Shemesh corrects the most common mispronunciation of mischievous: it's MIS-chuh-vus, not mis-CHEE-vee-us. The stress lands on the first syllable, not the second, even though the spelling tricks most people.

Hadar Shemesh corrects the most common mispronunciation of mischievous: it's MIS-chuh-vus, not mis-CHEE-vee-us. The stress lands on the first syllable, not the second, even though the spelling tricks most people.
A common mistake is to say this word as mischievous. Mischievous. Probably because of the spelling. But the stress is on the first syllable. Mischievous. You mischievous man. Let's practice it a little bit. He's a mischievous kid. That was mischievous of you. That's pretty mischievous. Mischievous. Mischievous.

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