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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 foot in American English
FUUT
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Americans pronounce foot as FUUT (/fʊt/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Look at his foot" or "You shouldn't put your foot in your food" — more examples below.
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Every sound in "foot".
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uu/ʊ/
Bring the corners of your lips in slightly so they push forward, but keep them relaxed. Lift the back of your tongue toward the roof of the mouth.
t/t/
Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Keep your jaw relaxed. Stop the air, then release with a puff.
In real conversation
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"I could not pull the hook from the wolf's foot."
ahy kuud NAHT PUUL dhuh HUUK fruhm dhuh WUULFS FUUT
"You shouldn't put your foot in your food."
yoo SHUU·duhnt PUUT yer FUUT ihn yer FOOD
"Look at his foot."
LUUK uht hihz FUUT
"Someone stood on the wooden foot of the bed."
SUHM·wuhn STUUD ahn dhuh WUU·duhn FUUT uhv dhuh BEHD
"You should put the wood in the foot of the hood."
yoo SHUUD PUUT dhuh WUUD ihn dhuh FUUT uhv dhuh HUUD
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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.
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Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.
In "foot", the "t" 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.
foot→FUUT
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Is the American pronunciation of "foot" 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 "FUUT" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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