How to pronounce spring in American English

IPA /sprɪŋ/ Syllables 1 · sprihng Stress 1st syllable

SPRIHNG

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Americans pronounce spring as SPRIHNG (/sprɪŋ/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Spring is my favorite season" or "I prefer to travel during the spring" — more examples below.

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1 syllable, 5 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.

p/p/

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

r/r/

Curl or bunch your tongue without letting the tip touch the roof of your mouth. Brace the sides of your tongue against your upper back teeth, and round your lips slightly.

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.

ng/ŋ/

Lift the back of your tongue to the soft palate. Lower your soft palate to let air flow through your nose.

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"I heard they are planning to renovate the park next spring."

ahy HURD dhay er PLA·nuhng tuh REH·nuh·vayt dhuh PARK NEHKST SPRIHNG

"I prefer to travel during the spring."

ahy pruh·FUR tuh TRA·vuhl DUUR·uhng dhuh SPRIHNG

"I wish to visit the exhibit in the middle of spring."

ahy WIHSH tuh VIH·zuht dhee ihg·ZIH·buht ihn dhuh MIH·duhl uhv sprihng

"Spring is my favorite season."

SPRIHNG ihz mahy FAY·ver·uht SEE·zuhn

"The cherry blossoms are a symbol of spring in Japan."

dhuh CHAIR·ee BLAH·suhmz er uh SIHM·buhl uhv SPRIHNG ihn juh·PAN

"The farmer planted corn and wheat in the spring."

dhuh FAR·mer PLAN·tuhd KORN and WEET ihn dhuh SPRIHNG

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