How To Pronounce Deck
deck
UK
Phonemic
/dek/
Phonetic
[dek̚]
US
Phonemic
/dek/
In British English, deck is pronounced /dek/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dek̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /dek/.
Deck 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
dek
Deck has one syllable in British English.
deck + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/deks/
US
/deks/
deck + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/dekt/
US
/dekt/
deck + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈdek.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈdek.ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Deck
Questions About Deck
How do you pronounce deck in British English?
In British English, deck is pronounced /dek/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dek̚].
How do you pronounce deck in American English?
In American English, deck is pronounced /dek/.
Do British and American English pronounce deck the same way?
Yes. Both are /dek/.
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