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