How To Pronounce Drudge
drudge
UK
Phonemic
/drʌdʒ/
Phonetic
[drʌdʒ]
US
Phonemic
/drʌdʒ/
In British English, drudge is pronounced /drʌdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [drʌdʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /drʌdʒ/.
Drudge 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
drʌdʒ
Drudge has one syllable in British English.
drudge + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈdrʌdʒ.ɪz/
US
/ˈdrʌdʒ.ɪz/
drudge + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/drʌdʒd/
US
/drʌdʒd/
drudge + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈdrʌdʒ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈdrʌdʒ.ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Drudge
Questions About Drudge
How do you pronounce drudge in British English?
In British English, drudge is pronounced /drʌdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [drʌdʒ].
How do you pronounce drudge in American English?
In American English, drudge is pronounced /drʌdʒ/.
Do British and American English pronounce drudge the same way?
Yes. Both are /drʌdʒ/.
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