How To Pronounce Kept
kept
UK
Phonemic
/kept/
Phonetic
[kʰept̚]
US
Phonemic
/kept/
In British English, kept is pronounced /kept/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kʰept̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /kept/.
Kept 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
kept
Kept has one syllable in British English.
Words That Rhyme With Kept
Questions About Kept
How do you pronounce kept in British English?
In British English, kept is pronounced /kept/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kʰept̚].
How do you pronounce kept in American English?
In American English, kept is pronounced /kept/.
Do British and American English pronounce kept the same way?
Yes. Both are /kept/.
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