How to pronounce she's in American English

IPA /ʃiz/ Syllables 1 · sheez

sheez

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Americans pronounce she's as sheez (/ʃiz/). You'll hear it in sentences like "She's a really friendly person" or "She's allergic to dairy products" — more examples below.

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Sound by sound

Every sound in "she's".

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

sh/ʃ/

Flare your lips and lift the mid-front tongue close to the roof of your mouth. Blow air through without voicing.

ee/i/

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

z/z/

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

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"She's a really friendly person."

sheez uh REE·lee FREHND·lee PUR·suhn

"She's a very talented graphic designer."

sheez uh VEH·ree TA·luhn·tuhd GRA·fuhk duh·ZAHY·ner

"She's a writer for a popular website."

sheez uh RAHY·der fer uh PAH·pyuh·ler WEHB·sahyt

"She's allergic to dairy products."

sheez uh·LURJ·huhk tuh DAIR·ee PRAH·duhkts

"She's been working on that all morning."

sheez bihn WUR·kuhng ahn dhat AHL MOR·nuhng

"She's learning how to play the guitar."

sheez LUR·nuhng HOW tuh PLAY dhuh guh·TAR

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