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