# Handling phoneme and syllable scores Just as we have word-level pronunciation quality scores, we also assess pronunciation at the phoneme and syllable levels:

Additionally, the **lexical stress level** measures how accurately the stressed syllables or phonemes in a word are pronounced compared to the expected stress pattern. In this context, `stress_level` represents the expected stress level, while `predicted_stress_level` indicates the actual stress level determined by the pronunciation evaluation. Possible values are: 1. `0`: unstressed 2. `1`: primary stress 3. `2`: secondary stress Note that **lexical stress score** evaluates the quality of stress applied to syllables or phonemes, ranging from 0 to 100. A higher score indicates better accuracy in stress placement according to the expected pattern. Lastly note the **Sound most like** values**, which** indicate how the pronounced phoneme sounded compared to the expected phoneme.

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