eh/ɛ/
Drop your jaw moderately. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and lift the mid-front part slightly toward the roof.
How to pronounce everyone's in American English
EHV·ree·wuhnz
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Americans pronounce everyone's as EHV-ree-wuhnz (/ˈɛvriˌwʌnz/). Stress falls on the first syllable — keep everything else short and quick. You'll hear it in sentences like "Let's finalize the plans once we have everyone's availability" or "I appreciate everyone's input during our discussion earlier today" — more examples below.
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3 syllables, 8 sounds. Tap a syllable to jump to its row, then explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
v/v/
Lift your bottom lip so its inner edge (where the wet part meets the dry part) touches the very bottom of your top front teeth. Add vocal cord vibration as you blow air through.
r/r/
Curl or bunch your tongue without letting the tip touch the roof of your mouth. Brace the sides of your tongue against your upper back teeth, and round your lips slightly.
ee/i/
Pull the corners of your lips back slightly. Arch the middle-front of your tongue high toward the roof of the mouth.
w/w/
Round your lips into a tight circle. Lift the back of your tongue toward the soft palate and add voice.
uh/ʌ/
Relax your lips, jaw, and tongue completely. Drop your jaw slightly and keep the tongue neutral.
n/n/
SyllabicThe schwa before N disappears — N becomes the vowel of the syllable. Go straight from the previous consonant to N.
z/z/
Same position as S, but add vocal cord vibration. Feel the buzz.
In real conversation
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"I appreciate everyone's input during our discussion earlier today."
ahy uh·PREE·shee·ayt EHV·ree·wuhnz IHN·puut DUUR·uhng ar duh·SKUH·shuhn UR·lee·er tuh·DAY
"Let's finalize the plans once we have everyone's availability."
LEHTS FAHY·nuh·lahyz dhuh PLANZ WUHNS wee huhv EHV·ree·wuhnz uh·vay·luh·BIH·luh·tee
"Let's go around the table and hear everyone's perspective on this matter."
LEHTS GOH uh·ROWND dhuh TAY·buhl and HEER EHV·ree·wuhnz per·SPEHK·tuhv ahn dhihs MA·der
"Let's tentatively plan for Sunday pending everyone's confirmation."
LEHTS TEHN·tuh·tuhv·lee PLAN fer SUHN·day PEHN·duhng EHV·ree·wuhnz kahn·fer·MAY·shuhn
"The meeting has been rescheduled to accommodate everyone's availability."
dhuh MEE·duhng huhz bihn ree·SKEH·juhld tuh uh·KAH·muh·dayt EHV·ree·wuhnz uh·vay·luh·BIH·luh·tee
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Watch out
Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
01
Stressing the wrong syllable.
Stress falls on the first syllable, not the others. Stretch EHV — keep everything else short and quick.
ehv·REE·WUHNZ→EHV·ree·WUHNZ
02
Pronouncing the unstressed syllable too fully.
Don't pronounce the second syllable too fully. The unstressed syllable reduces to a schwa — the lazy "uh" sound — in casual speech.
EHV·ree·WUHNZ→EHV·ree·WUHNZ
Questions
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How is "everyone's" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the first syllable — say "EHV" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "EHV-ree-wuhnz" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Why does the third syllable in "everyone's" reduce to "uh"?
Unstressed syllables in American English collapse toward a schwa — a lazy, neutral "uh" sound. The full vowel is what textbooks teach, but in actual American speech every unstressed vowel reduces. The respell "EHV-ree-wuhnz" shows the reduced form so you can hear the casual rhythm directly.
Is the American pronunciation of "everyone's" 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 "EHV-ree-wuhnz" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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