How To Pronounce Cake
cake
UK
Phonemic
/keɪk/
Phonetic
[kʰeɪk̚]
US
Phonemic
/keɪk/
In British English, cake is pronounced /keɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kʰeɪk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /keɪk/.
Cake 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
keɪk
Cake has one syllable in British English.
cake + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/keɪks/
US
/keɪks/
Words That Rhyme With Cake
Questions About Cake
How do you pronounce cake in British English?
In British English, cake is pronounced /keɪk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kʰeɪk̚].
How do you pronounce cake in American English?
In American English, cake is pronounced /keɪk/.
Do British and American English pronounce cake the same way?
Yes. Both are /keɪk/.
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