How To Pronounce Leak
leak
UK
Phonemic
/liːk/
Phonetic
[liːk̚]
US
Phonemic
/liːk/
In British English, leak is pronounced /liːk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [liːk̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /liːk/.
Leak 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
liːk
Leak has one syllable in British English.
leak + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/liːks/
US
/liːks/
leak + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /t/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/liːkt/
US
/liːkt/
leak + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈliː.kɪŋ/
US
/ˈliː.kɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Leak
Questions About Leak
How do you pronounce leak in British English?
In British English, leak is pronounced /liːk/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [liːk̚].
How do you pronounce leak in American English?
In American English, leak is pronounced /liːk/.
Do British and American English pronounce leak the same way?
Yes. Both are /liːk/.
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