How To Pronounce Spent
spent
UK
Phonemic
/spent/
Phonetic
[spẽnt̚]
US
Phonemic
/spent/
In British English, spent is pronounced /spent/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [spẽnt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /spent/.
Spent 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
spent
Spent has one syllable in British English.
Words That Rhyme With Spent
Questions About Spent
How do you pronounce spent in British English?
In British English, spent is pronounced /spent/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [spẽnt̚].
How do you pronounce spent in American English?
In American English, spent is pronounced /spent/.
Do British and American English pronounce spent the same way?
Yes. Both are /spent/.
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