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