How To Pronounce Neck
neck
UK
Phonemic
/nek/
Phonetic
[nek̚]
US
Phonemic
/nek/
In British English, neck is pronounced /nek/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [nek̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /nek/.
Neck 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
nek
Neck has one syllable in British English.
neck + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/neks/
US
/neks/
Words That Rhyme With Neck
Questions About Neck
How do you pronounce neck in British English?
In British English, neck is pronounced /nek/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [nek̚].
How do you pronounce neck in American English?
In American English, neck is pronounced /nek/.
Do British and American English pronounce neck the same way?
Yes. Both are /nek/.
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