How To Pronounce Pleased

pleased

UK
Phonemic
/pliːzd/
Phonetic
[pl̥iːzd̚]
US
Phonemic
/pliːzd/

In British English, pleased is pronounced /pliːzd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pl̥iːzd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /pliːzd/.

Pleased 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

pliːzd

Pleased has one syllable in British English.

Questions About Pleased

How do you pronounce pleased in British English?

In British English, pleased is pronounced /pliːzd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pl̥iːzd̚].

How do you pronounce pleased in American English?

In American English, pleased is pronounced /pliːzd/.

Do British and American English pronounce pleased the same way?

Yes. Both are /pliːzd/.

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