How to pronounce home in American English

IPA /hoʊm/ Syllables 1 · hohm Stress 1st syllable

HOHM

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Americans pronounce home as HOHM (/hoʊm/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Come home" or "Go home now" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "home".

1 syllable, 3 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

h/h/

Push a stream of air from your throat through your open mouth. No tongue or lip contact.

oh/oʊ/

Start with your mouth slightly open, then close your jaw slightly as your lips round. Shift your tongue back slightly, then stretch the back up.

m/m/

Press your lips together. Air flows through your nose. Vocal cords vibrate.

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Hear "home" in the wild.

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"Come home."

KUHM HOHM

"Go home now."

GOH HOHM NOW

"Harry hopes to have a happy holiday home."

HA·ree HOHPS tuh HAV uh HA·pee HAH·luh·day HOHM

"He hit a home run and ran around all the bases."

hee HIHT uh HOHM RUHN and RAN uh·ROWND AHL dhuh BAY·suhz

"He rode his bike back home at her beck and call."

hee ROHD hihz BAHYK BAK HOHM uht her BEHK uhnd KAHL

"He was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint on his way home."

hee wuhz STAHPT uht uh suh·BRAHY·uh·tee CHEHK·poynt ahn hihz WAY HOHM

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