How to pronounce noise in American English

IPA /nɔɪz/ Syllables 1 · noyz Stress 1st syllable

NOYZ

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Americans pronounce noise as NOYZ (/nɔɪz/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Does the noise cause the boys to pause?" or "The unemployment voice was a noisy noise" — more examples below.

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

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.

oy/ɔɪ/

Start with rounded lips and tongue shifted back. Glide to relaxed lips with the tongue arching forward and up.

z/z/

Same position as S, but add vocal cord vibration. Feel the buzz.

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"Does the noise cause the boys to pause?"

duhz dhuh NOYZ KAHZ dhuh BOYZ tuh PAHZ

"She filed a noise complaint against her loud neighbors."

shee FAHYLD uh NOYZ kuhm·PLAYNT uh·GEHNST her LOWD NAY·berz

"The dishwasher has been making a strange noise lately."

dhuh DIHSH·wah·sher huhz bihn MAY·kuhng uh STRAYNJ NOYZ LAYT·lee

"The noise from the street is always buzzing."

dhuh NOYZ fruhm dhuh STREET ihz AHL·wayz BUH·zuhng

"The noise in the north neighborhood is normal."

dhuh NOYZ ihn dhuh NORTH NAY·ber·huud ihz NOR·muhl

"The noise of the boiling oil was annoying."

dhuh NOYZ uhv dhuh BOY·luhng OYL wuhz uh·NOY·uhng

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