How To Pronounce Route
route
UK
Phonemic
/ruːt/
Phonetic
[rʷuːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/ruːt/
In British English, route is pronounced /ruːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rʷuːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ruːt/.
Route 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
ruːt
Route has one syllable in British English.
route + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/ruːts/
US
/ruːts/
route + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈruː.tɪd/
US
/ˈruː.t̯ɪd/
route + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈruː.tɪŋ/
US
/ˈruː.t̯ɪŋ/
Words That Rhyme With Route
Questions About Route
How do you pronounce route in British English?
In British English, route is pronounced /ruːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [rʷuːt̚].
How do you pronounce route in American English?
In American English, route is pronounced /ruːt/.
Do British and American English pronounce route the same way?
Yes. Both are /ruːt/.
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