How to pronounce page in American English

IPA /peɪdʒ/ Syllables 1 · payj Stress 1st syllable

PAYJ

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Americans pronounce page as PAYJ (/peɪdʒ/). You'll hear it in sentences like "A large page" or "We all need to be on the same page" — more examples below.

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

p/p/

Press your lips together to stop the air, then release. No vocal cord vibration.

ay/eɪ/

Start with your jaw slightly open and the front of your tongue forward and slightly up. Glide upward, your jaw closes a little more and your tongue arches higher toward the roof of the mouth.

j/dʒ/

Touch the front of your tongue to the roof of your mouth, then release into a 'zh' position. Add vocal cord vibration.

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"A large page."

uh LARJ PAYJ

"The mystery novel kept me guessing until the very last page."

dhuh MIH·stuh·ree NAH·vuhl kehpt mee GEH·suhng uhn·TIHL dhuh VEH·ree last PAYJ

"We all need to be on the same page."

wee AHL NEED tuh bee ahn dhuh SAYM PAYJ

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