How To Pronounce Pain
pain
UK
Phonemic
/peɪn/
Phonetic
[pʰe͠ɪn]
US
Phonemic
/peɪn/
In British English, pain is pronounced /peɪn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pʰe͠ɪn]. In American English, it is pronounced /peɪn/.
Pain 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
peɪn
Pain has one syllable in British English.
pain + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/peɪnz/
US
/peɪnz/
pain + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/peɪnd/
US
/peɪnd/
pain + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈpeɪ.nɪŋ/
US
/ˈpeɪ.nɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Pain
Questions About Pain
How do you pronounce pain in British English?
In British English, pain is pronounced /peɪn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pʰe͠ɪn].
How do you pronounce pain in American English?
In American English, pain is pronounced /peɪn/.
Do British and American English pronounce pain the same way?
Yes. Both are /peɪn/.
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