| One stress | each word has one stressed syllable | ма́ма / вода́ | mum / water |
| Free stress | it can fall on any syllable | мо́ре / доро́га / молоко́ | sea / road / milk |
| Stress mark | learning texts and dictionaries mark it; ordinary texts do not | кни́жка | book |
| A1Mobile stress | it moves between the forms of one word | рука́ → ру́ку | hand → hand |
| A1Plural | in the plural, the stress often moves | сестра́ → се́стри | sister → sisters |
| A2Different words | stress tells apart words spelt the same | за́мок ≠ замо́к | castle ≠ lock |
| A2Different forms | stress tells apart forms of one word | мої́ ру́ки ≠ моє́ї руки́ | my hands ≠ of my hand |
| A2Two options | some words take either stress | по́милка = поми́лка | mistake = mistake |
| A1Trap | in the numbers 11–19, the stress falls on -на́- | одина́дцять / чотирна́дцять | eleven / fourteen |