How To Pronounce Cheap
cheap
UK
Phonemic
/tʃiːp/
Phonetic
[tʃiːp̚]
US
Phonemic
/tʃiːp/
In British English, cheap is pronounced /tʃiːp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tʃiːp̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /tʃiːp/.
Cheap 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
tʃiːp
Cheap has one syllable in British English.
cheap + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈtʃiː.pə/
US
/ˈtʃiː.pɚ/
cheap + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈtʃiː.pɪst/
US
/ˈtʃiː.pɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Cheap
Questions About Cheap
How do you pronounce cheap in British English?
In British English, cheap is pronounced /tʃiːp/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tʃiːp̚].
How do you pronounce cheap in American English?
In American English, cheap is pronounced /tʃiːp/.
Do British and American English pronounce cheap the same way?
Yes. Both are /tʃiːp/.
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