How To Pronounce House
house
stress changesNoun
UK
Phonemic
/haʊs/
Phonetic
[haʊs]
US
Phonemic
/haʊs/
Verb
UK
Phonemic
/haʊz/
Phonetic
[haʊz]
US
Phonemic
/haʊz/
House has more than one pronunciation, depending on how it is used.
Noun. It is /haʊs/ in British English and /haʊs/ in American English.
Verb. It is /haʊz/ in British English and /haʊz/ in American English.
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 (Noun)
haʊs
House has one syllable in British English.
house + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈhaʊ.sɪz/
US
/ˈhaʊ.sɪz/
Syllables And Stress (Verb)
haʊz
House has one syllable in British English.
house + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈhaʊ.zɪz/
US
/ˈhaʊ.zɪz/
house + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/haʊzd/
US
/haʊzd/
house + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/
US
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With House
Questions About House
How do you pronounce house in British English?
Noun, /haʊs/. Verb, /haʊz/.
How do you pronounce house in American English?
Noun, /haʊs/. Verb, /haʊz/.
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