How To Pronounce Crawl
crawl
UK
Phonemic
/krɔːl/
Phonetic
[kr̥ʷɔːɫ]
US
Phonemic
/krɔːl/
In British English, crawl is pronounced /krɔːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ʷɔːɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /krɔːl/.
Crawl 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
krɔːl
Crawl has one syllable in British English.
crawl + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/krɔːlz/
US
/krɔːlz/
crawl + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/krɔːld/
US
/krɔːld/
crawl + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈkrɔː.lɪŋ/
US
/ˈkrɔː.lɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Crawl
Questions About Crawl
How do you pronounce crawl in British English?
In British English, crawl is pronounced /krɔːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kr̥ʷɔːɫ].
How do you pronounce crawl in American English?
In American English, crawl is pronounced /krɔːl/.
Do British and American English pronounce crawl the same way?
Yes. Both are /krɔːl/.
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