How to pronounce fades in American English

IPA /feɪdz/ Syllables 1 · faydz Stress 1st syllable

FAYDZ

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Americans pronounce fades as FAYDZ (/feɪdz/). You'll hear it in sentences like "The photograph of the phone graph fades fast".

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Every sound in "fades".

1 syllable, 4 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

f/f/

Lift your bottom lip to touch the very bottom of your top front teeth. Blow air through this contact point without voicing.

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.

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.

z/z/

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

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"The photograph of the phone graph fades fast."

dhuh FOH·duh·graf uhv dhuh FOHN GRAF FAYDZ FAST

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