How Do You Spell DRESNOK?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈɛsnɒk] (IPA)

The word "dresnok" is a proper noun referring to the last name of James Joseph Dresnok, an American soldier who defected to North Korea in the 1960s. The pronunciation of "dresnok" is /ˈdrɛznɑːk/, with the stress on the first syllable. The "d" is pronounced as a voiced dental fricative due to the following "r" sound. The "e" and "o" sounds are pronounced as short vowels, while the "n" is pronounced as an alveolar nasal. Finally, the "k" is pronounced as a voiceless velar stop.