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Pecan Pronunciation Map
This map compares how people pronounce pecan across the U.S., including PEE-can, puh-KAHN, pee-KAHN, pick-AHN, and other versions.
Current result: the U.S. is leaning puh-KAHN on the Pecan Pronunciation Map, with 60% of 179 verified votes.
Prompt: How do you usually pronounce pecan?
Answer options: PEE-can / puh-KAHN / pee-KAHN / pick-AHN / Other.
Open the interactive map to vote once and compare national, state, and county results.
Last updated from verified vote data: Jun 15, 2026, 2:12 AM EDT.
Live Results Snapshot
- PEE-can: 32 verified votes (18%)
- puh-KAHN: 107 verified votes (60%)
- pee-KAHN: 21 verified votes (12%)
- pick-AHN: 16 verified votes (8.9%)
- Other: 3 verified votes (1.7%)
State Results
These states currently have the most verified votes on this map.
- Texas: 67 verified votes, puh-KAHN leads with 75%
- West Virginia: 12 verified votes, puh-KAHN leads with 67%
- Connecticut: 9 verified votes, PEE-can leads with 67%
- Florida: 8 verified votes, PEE-can leads with 38%
- Tennessee: 8 verified votes, puh-KAHN leads with 88%
- New York: 7 verified votes, PEE-can leads with 100%
- Washington: 6 verified votes, puh-KAHN leads with 67%
- Georgia: 5 verified votes, puh-KAHN leads with 60%
- Massachusetts: 5 verified votes, puh-KAHN leads with 60%
- Virginia: 5 verified votes, puh-KAHN leads with 40%
What This Map Compares
This page is meant to answer common regional comparisons for pecan pronunciation map.
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Worth Knowing
The pecan is one of the major tree nuts native to North America, which helps explain why its name has had plenty of time to pick up regional pronunciations.
How The Map Works
Votes use browser location or ZIP backup, are grouped by national, state, and county result maps, and are live self-selected responses rather than a scientific poll. Exact GPS is not stored in public results.
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