How to pronounce peak in American English

IPA /pik/ Syllables 1 · peek Stress 1st syllable

PEEK

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Americans pronounce peak as PEEK (/pik/). You'll hear it in sentences like "We seek to reach a peak in the recent week" or "The mountain peak is covered in snow year-round" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "peak".

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.

ee/i/

Pull the corners of your lips back slightly. Arch the middle-front of your tongue high toward the roof of the mouth.

k/k/

Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate (velum). Stop the air, then release.

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"The mountain peak is covered in snow year-round."

dhuh MOWN·tuhn PEEK ihz KUH·verd ihn SNOH YEER ROWND

"We seek to reach a peak in the recent week."

wee SEEK tuh REECH uh PEEK ihn dhuh REE·suhnt WEEK

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