How to pronounce snow in American English

IPA /snoʊ/ Syllables 1 · snoh Stress 1st syllable

SNOH

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Americans pronounce snow as SNOH (/snoʊ/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Hope for the moment when the snow goes" or "The mountain peak is covered in snow year-round" — more examples below.

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

s/s/

Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.

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.

oh/oʊ/

Start with your mouth slightly open, then close your jaw slightly as your lips round. Shift your tongue back slightly, then stretch the back up.

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"Hope for the moment when the snow goes."

HOHP fer dhuh MOH·muhnt wehn dhuh SNOH GOHZ

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

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

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