How To Pronounce Ridge
ridge
UK
Phonemic
/rɪdʒ/
Phonetic
[rɪdʒ]
US
Phonemic
/rɪdʒ/
In British English, ridge is pronounced /rɪdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rɪdʒ]. In American English, it is pronounced /rɪdʒ/.
Ridge 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
rɪdʒ
Ridge has one syllable in British English.
ridge + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /ɪz/ after /s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/.
UK
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪz/
US
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪz/
ridge + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.
UK
/rɪdʒd/
US
/rɪdʒd/
ridge + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Ridge
Questions About Ridge
How do you pronounce ridge in British English?
In British English, ridge is pronounced /rɪdʒ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rɪdʒ].
How do you pronounce ridge in American English?
In American English, ridge is pronounced /rɪdʒ/.
Do British and American English pronounce ridge the same way?
Yes. Both are /rɪdʒ/.
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