How to pronounce days in American English

IPA /deɪz/ Syllables 1 · dayz Stress 1st syllable

DAYZ

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Americans pronounce days as DAYZ (/deɪz/). You'll hear it in sentences like "The cricket match lasted for several days" or "These days are easy because of the breeze" — more examples below.

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d/d/

Touch the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Add vocal cord vibration as you release.

ay/eɪ/

Start with your jaw slightly open and the front of your tongue forward and slightly up. Glide upward, your jaw closes a little more and your tongue arches higher toward the roof of the mouth.

z/z/

Same position as S, but add vocal cord vibration. Feel the buzz.

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"I have been feeling under the weather for the past few days."

ahy hav bihn FEE·luhng UHN·der dhuh WEH·dher fer dhuh PAST FYOO DAYZ

"It has been raining nonstop for the past three days."

iht huhz bihn RAY·nuhng nahn·STAHP fer dhuh PAST THREE DAYZ

"She goes to the gym five days a week to stay in shape."

shee GOHZ tuh dhuh JIHM FAHYV DAYZ uh WEEK tuh STAY ihn SHAYP

"The cricket match lasted for several days."

dhuh KRIH·kuht MACH LA·stuhd fer SEH·ver·uhl DAYZ

"The planet orbits the sun once every three hundred and sixty-five days."

dhuh PLA·nuht OR·buhts dhuh SUHN WUHNS EHV·ree THREE HUHN·druhd and SIHK·stee FAHYV DAYZ

"The weather has been absolutely gorgeous these past few days."

dhuh WEH·dher huhz bihn ab·suh·LOOT·lee GOR·juhs DHEEZ PAST FYOO DAYZ

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Is the American pronunciation of "days" different from British English?

American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "DAYZ" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.