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