How To Pronounce Sweet
sweet
UK
Phonemic
/swiːt/
Phonetic
[sʷwiːt̚]
US
Phonemic
/swiːt/
In British English, sweet is pronounced /swiːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [sʷwiːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /swiːt/.
Sweet 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
swiːt
Sweet has one syllable in British English.
sweet + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/swiːts/
US
/swiːts/
sweet + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈswiː.tə/
US
/ˈswiː.t̯ɚ/
sweet + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈswiː.tɪst/
US
/ˈswiː.t̯ɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Sweet
Questions About Sweet
How do you pronounce sweet in British English?
In British English, sweet is pronounced /swiːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [sʷwiːt̚].
How do you pronounce sweet in American English?
In American English, sweet is pronounced /swiːt/.
Do British and American English pronounce sweet the same way?
Yes. Both are /swiːt/.
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