---
title: "Lookup Pronunciation"
method: GET
path: "/pronunciations/lookup"
---

# Lookup Pronunciation

`GET /pronunciations/lookup`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://backend.praktiki.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://backend.praktiki.io/pronunciations/lookup`
- Auth: none declared

Lookup a pronunciation dictionary entry by grapheme and locale.
If the pronunciation exists, return it with exists=true.
If it doesn't exist, return exists=false and a suggested IPA.

Returns:
    PronunciationLookupResponse

## Query parameters

- `grapheme` string, required
- `locale` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- PronunciationLookupResponse
  - `grapheme` string, required
  - `locale` string, required
  - `phoneme_ipa` string, required
  - `exists` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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