How To Pronounce Bake
bake
UK
Phonemic
/beɪk/
Phonetic
[beɪk̚]
US
Phonemic
/beɪk/
In British English, bake is pronounced /beɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [beɪk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /beɪk/.
Bake has one syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.
Syllables, Stress And Endings
Syllables And Stress
beɪk
Bake has one syllable in British English.
bake + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/beɪks/
US
/beɪks/
bake + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/beɪkt/
US
/beɪkt/
bake + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbeɪ.kɪŋ/
US
/ˈbeɪ.kɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Bake
Questions About Bake
How do you pronounce bake in British English?
In British English, bake is pronounced /beɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [beɪk̚].
How do you pronounce bake in American English?
In American English, bake is pronounced /beɪk/.
Do British and American English pronounce bake the same way?
Yes. Both are /beɪk/.
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