How to pronounce quiz in American English

IPA /kwɪz/ Syllables 1 · kwihz Stress 1st syllable

KWIHZ

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Americans pronounce quiz as KWIHZ (/kwɪz/). You'll hear it in sentences like "She borrowed a pen from her classmate during the pop quiz" or "The quiz will consist of multiple choice and short answer questions" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "quiz".

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

k/k/

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

w/w/

Round your lips into a tight circle. Lift the back of your tongue toward the soft palate and add voice.

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.

z/z/

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

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"She borrowed a pen from her classmate during the pop quiz."

shee BAH·rohd uh PEHN fruhm her KLAS·mayt DUUR·uhng dhuh PAHP KWIHZ

"The quiz will consist of multiple choice and short answer questions."

dhuh KWIHZ wihl kuhn·SIHST uhv MUHL·tuh·puhl CHOYS and SHORT AN·ser KWEHS·chuhnz

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