How To Pronounce Wet
wet
UK
Phonemic
/wet/
Phonetic
[wet̚]
US
Phonemic
/wet/
In British English, wet is pronounced /wet/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [wet̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /wet/.
Wet 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
wet
Wet has one syllable in British English.
wet + -s
-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /s/ after a voiceless consonant.
UK
/wets/
US
/wets/
wet + -ed
-ed (past tense or past participle) is /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/.
UK
/ˈwet.ɪd/
US
/ˈwet.ɪd/
wet + -ing
-ing is always /ɪŋ/.
UK
/ˈwet.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈwet.ɪŋ/
wet + -er
-er (comparative) is /ə/ in UK English and /ɚ/ in US English.
UK
/ˈwet.ə/
US
/ˈwet.ɚ/
wet + -est
-est (superlative) is always /ɪst/.
UK
/ˈwet.ɪst/
US
/ˈwet.ɪst/
Words That Rhyme With Wet
Questions About Wet
How do you pronounce wet in British English?
In British English, wet is pronounced /wet/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [wet̚].
How do you pronounce wet in American English?
In American English, wet is pronounced /wet/.
Do British and American English pronounce wet the same way?
Yes. Both are /wet/.
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