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IELTS Speaking: can word stress change how clear a word sounds?

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mintmosaic

With a word like record, the noun and verb have different stress. Is stressing the wrong part enough to make a familiar word harder to follow?
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clearspark

It can make it harder to recognise. Compare 'a REcord' with 'to reCORD'. Stress helps the listener, though the rest of the sentence gives clues too.
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