# How do you pronounce ‘paprika’?

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**Created:** [August 25, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-paprika/1022459 "2025-08-25T16:38:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-paprika/1022459/41 "2025-08-29T16:29:18Z")

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> [@carrps](#):
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> Does anyone say it differently?

I noted that the OP mentioned it.

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-paprika/1022459/42 "2025-08-29T16:44:41Z")

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Only to point out that, since I pronounced turmeric incorrectly for years, who am I to say how to correctly pronounce paprika?

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-paprika/1022459/43 "2025-08-29T16:46:10Z")

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Dang. Only 42 responses and I forgot that already.

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**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-paprika/1022459/44 "2025-08-30T07:31:58Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> I say papRIka, but i think PAPrika is also correct

I worked for a while in a transport company where, for one client, we moved papRIka. At the same time I cooked with PAPrika. For some reason I never noticed the difference until now.

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