How to pronounce dig in American English

IPA /dɪg/ Syllables 1 · dihg Stress 1st syllable

DIHG

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Americans pronounce dig as DIHG (/dɪg/). You'll hear it in sentences like "The dog began to dig in the rugged ground".

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1 syllable, 3 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

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.

ih/ɪ/

Drop your jaw slightly with relaxed lips. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and arch the top-front toward the roof.

g/g/

Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate. Add vocal cord vibration, then release.

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"The dog began to dig in the rugged ground."

dhuh DAHG buh·GAN tuh DIHG ihn dhuh RUH·guhd GROWND

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Is the American pronunciation of "dig" 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 "DIHG" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.