How to pronounce grass in American English

IPA /græs/ Syllables 1 · gras Stress 1st syllable

GRAS

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Americans pronounce grass as GRAS (/græs/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Six snakes hissed across the soft grass" or "The plains are flat and covered with tall grass" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "grass".

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

g/g/

Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate. Add vocal cord vibration, then release.

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.

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.

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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"Six snakes hissed across the soft grass."

SIHKS SNAYKS HIHST uh·KRAHS dhuh sahft GRAS

"The grass needs to be mowed once a week in the summer."

dhuh GRAS NEEDZ tuh bee MOHD WUHNS uh WEEK ihn dhuh SUH·mer

"The plains are flat and covered with tall grass."

dhuh PLAYNZ ar FLAT and KUH·verd wihth TAHL GRAS

"Tigers have striped fur that helps them camouflage in the grass."

TAHY·gerz hav STRAHYPT FUR dhuht HEHLPS dhuhm KA·muh·flahzh ihn dhuh GRAS

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