Pronunciation of "Rehabilitate"

I guess we've all been mispronouncing it.

He's in rehab is a common expression. The first syllable is stressed: RE - hab.

In the full word, the "bil" syllable gets the strongest stress: re ha BIL i tate

I guess on second thought that the "hab" in "rehab" is clearly like the "hab" in "habit," while in the full word, it's

rehabilitate /ri.h?b?l.?.te?t/ UK pronounciation!

Many thanks!

...but why do all my Oxford dictionaries (I have three) completely refuse to "acknowledge" the presence of "h"in rehabilitate?

Hi,

In my neck of the woods, people very widely/wildly mispronounce "rehabilitate", saying the yellow part exactly the same way as in habit.

Please tell me if this word is also mispronounced by native speakers.

It's a word I read more than I say or hear, but I usually hear the stress this way.

rehabilitate

Clive

Mirriam-Webster gives both pronunciations -- one with the "h", one without. Personally, I say the "h".

CJ

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rehabilitate

I tend to swallow the h as a British speaker. I agree with the stress on bil.