The word "sechrist" is typically spelled phonetically as /sɛkraɪst/. The initial "s" is pronounced as the voiceless alveolar fricative sound /s/. The "e" is pronounced as the short "e" sound /ɛ/. The "c" is pronounced as the voiceless velar stop /k/. The following two letters, "r" and "a", are pronounced as the open-mid central unrounded vowel sound /r/ and the long "a" sound /eɪ/, respectively. The final "i" and "s" are pronounced as the long "i" sound /aɪ/ and the voiceless alveolar fricative sound /s/, respectively.