f/f/
Lift your bottom lip to touch the very bottom of your top front teeth. Blow air through this contact point without voicing.
How to pronounce feedback in American English
FEED·bak
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Americans pronounce feedback as FEED-bak (/ˈfidˌbæk/). Stress falls on the first syllable — keep everything else short and quick. You'll hear it in sentences like "I participate in a creative writing group to get feedback" or "I received constructive feedback on my first draft submission" — more examples below.
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Every sound in "feedback".
2 syllables, 6 sounds. Tap a syllable to jump to its row, then explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
ee/i/
Pull the corners of your lips back slightly. Arch the middle-front of your tongue high 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.
b/b/
Press your lips together, add vocal cord vibration, then release.
a/æ/
Drop the jaw noticeably. Keep the body of the tongue low and forward, and don't let the back of the tongue raise toward the soft palate. Pull the lip corners back slightly, almost a starting smile.
k/k/
Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate (velum). Stop the air, then release.
In real conversation
Hear "feedback" in the wild.
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"I incorporated feedback from the writing tutor into my revision."
ahy ihn·KOR·puh·ray·duhd FEED·bak fruhm dhuh RAHY·duhng TOO·der IHN·too mahy ruh·VIH·zhuhn
"I participate in a creative writing group to get feedback."
ahy par·TIH·suh·payt ihn uh kree·AY·duhv RAHY·duhng GROOP tuh geht FEED·bak
"I want to provide some constructive feedback on your recent presentation."
ahy WAHNT tuh pruh·VAHYD suhm kuhn·STRUHK·tuhv FEED·bak ahn yer REE·suhnt preh·zuhn·TAY·shuhn
"I would appreciate your feedback at your earliest convenience."
ahy wuud uh·PREE·shee·ayt yer FEED·bak uht yer UR·lee·uhst kuhn·VEEN·yuhns
"She received feedback on her performance after the assessment."
shee ruh·SEEVD FEED·bak ahn her per·FOR·muhns AF·ter dhee uh·SEH·smuhnt
"The feedback from our pilot program has been overwhelmingly positive."
dhuh FEED·bak fruhm OW·er PAHY·luht PROH·gruhm huhz bihn oh·ver·WEHL·muhng·lee PAH·zuh·tuhv
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
01
Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.
In "feedback", the "k" is not released — the articulators get into position but hold without the burst of air. Air stops but there's no release burst — the articulators hold position.
feedback→FEED·BAK
02
Stressing the wrong syllable.
Stress falls on the first syllable, not the others. Stretch FEED — keep everything else short and quick.
feed·BAK→FEED·BAK
Questions
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How is "feedback" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the first syllable — say "FEED" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "FEED-bak" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Is the American pronunciation of "feedback" 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 "FEED-bak" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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