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