How To Pronounce Bleach
bleach
UK
Phonemic
/bliːtʃ/
Phonetic
[bliːtʃ]
US
Phonemic
/bliːtʃ/
In British English, bleach is pronounced /bliːtʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bliːtʃ]. In American English, it is pronounced /bliːtʃ/.
Bleach 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
bliːtʃ
Bleach has one syllable in British English.
bleach + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈbliː.tʃɪz/
US
/ˈbliː.tʃɪz/
bleach + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/bliːtʃt/
US
/bliːtʃt/
bleach + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈbliː.tʃɪŋ/
US
/ˈbliː.tʃɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Bleach
Questions About Bleach
How do you pronounce bleach in British English?
In British English, bleach is pronounced /bliːtʃ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bliːtʃ].
How do you pronounce bleach in American English?
In American English, bleach is pronounced /bliːtʃ/.
Do British and American English pronounce bleach the same way?
Yes. Both are /bliːtʃ/.
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