How To Pronounce Heel
heel
UK
Phonemic
/hiːl/
Phonetic
[hiːɫ]
US
Phonemic
/hiːl/
In British English, heel is pronounced /hiːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hiːɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /hiːl/.
Heel 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
hiːl
Heel has one syllable in British English.
heel + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/hiːlz/
US
/hiːlz/
Words That Rhyme With Heel
Questions About Heel
How do you pronounce heel in British English?
In British English, heel is pronounced /hiːl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [hiːɫ].
How do you pronounce heel in American English?
In American English, heel is pronounced /hiːl/.
Do British and American English pronounce heel the same way?
Yes. Both are /hiːl/.
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