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Kilometer has the same stressed syllable as odometer in American English.

Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.

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Easier just to distinguish pronunciation as -ometer vs -meter.

But kilometre and thermometer both have ometer

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Right, and in most American dialects they are pronounced the same. Whereas Centimeter is pronounced differently and does not have an “ometer”

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We’ll continue having fun with american pronunciation on another day. Today, we’re taking care of the imperial(istic?) system

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Yes, and they’re pronounced the same in the US.

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