How to pronounce fix in American English

IPA /fɪks/ Syllables 1 · fihks Stress 1st syllable

FIHKS

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Americans pronounce fix as FIHKS (/fɪks/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Let's try to fix this broken screen" or "Many men tried to fix the broken fan" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "fix".

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.

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.

k/k/

Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate (velum). Stop the air, then release.

s/s/

Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.

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"Let's try to fix this broken screen."

LEHTS TRAHY tuh FIHKS dhihs BROH·kuhn SKREEN

"Many men tried to fix the broken fan."

MEH·nee MEHN TRAHYD tuh FIHKS dhuh BROH·kuhn FAN

"She hired a plumber to fix the persistent leak under the sink."

shee HAHY·erd uh PLUH·mer tuh FIHKS dhuh per·SIH·stuhnt LEEK UHN·der dhuh SIHNGK

"The system is visibly distinct and difficult to fix."

dhuh SIH·stuhm ihz VIH·zuh·blee duh·STIHNGKT and DIH·fuh·kuhlt tuh FIHKS

"We hired a plumber to fix the clogged drain in the bathroom."

wee HAHY·erd uh PLUH·mer tuh FIHKS dhuh KLAHGD DRAYN ihn dhuh BATH·room

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