Pronunciation: Stress in two-syllable words with the same spelling
A RE-cord /ˈrekərd/; to re-CORD /rɪˈkɔrd/. A PRE-sent /ˈprezənt/; to pre-SENT /prɪˈzent/. Read: We record each present in a notebook. These noun–verb pairs change stress; not every two-syllable word follows this pattern.