How to pronounce months in American English

IPA /mʌnθs/ Syllables 1 · muhnths Stress 1st syllable

MUHNTHS

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Americans pronounce months as MUHNTHS (/mʌnθs/). You'll hear it in sentences like "She asked him to wash the clothes for two months" or "The boxer trained for months before the big fight" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "months".

1 syllable, 5 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.

uh/ʌ/

Relax your lips, jaw, and tongue completely. Drop your jaw slightly and keep the tongue neutral.

n/n/

Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your teeth. Air flows through your nose.

th/θ/

Place the very tip of your tongue slightly between your teeth. Blow air gently around it without voicing.

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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"He asked for new clothes after three months of work."

hee ASKT fer NOO KLOHZ AF·ter THREE MUHNTHS uhv WURK

"She created an emergency fund covering six months of living expenses."

shee kree·AY·duhd uhn uh·MUR·juhn·see FUHND KUH·ver·uhng SIHKS MUHNTHS uhv LIH·vuhng uhk·SPEHN·suhz

"She set a goal to run a 5k race within three months."

shee SEHT uh GOHL tuh RUHN uh FAHYV·KAY RAYS wuh·DHIHN THREE MUHNTHS

"The app has gained millions of users in just a few months."

dhee AP huhz GAYND MIHL·yuhnz uhv YOO·zerz ihn juhst uh FYOO MUHNTHS

"The boxer trained for months before the big fight."

dhuh BAHK·ser TRAYND fer MUHNTHS buh·FOR dhuh BIHG FAHYT

"The drought has been affecting local farmers for months now."

dhuh DROWT huhz bihn uh·FEHK·tuhng LOH·kuhl FAR·merz fer MUHNTHS NOW

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