How to pronounce mix in American English

IPA /mɪks/ Syllables 1 · mihks Stress 1st syllable

MIHKS

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Americans pronounce mix as MIHKS (/mɪks/). You'll hear it in sentences like "The genre of the film is a mix of comedy and drama" or "Do not mix the potting soil for the flower with the baking flour" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "mix".

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

m/m/

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

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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"Do not mix the potting soil for the flower with the baking flour."

doo NAHT MIHKS dhuh PAH·duhng SOYL fer dhuh FLOW·er wihth dhuh BAY·kuhng FLOW·er

"The genre of the film is a mix of comedy and drama."

dhuh ZHAHN·ruh uhv dhuh FIHLM ihz uh MIHKS uhv KAH·muh·dee and DRAH·muh

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