How to pronounce stove in American English

IPA /stoʊv/ Syllables 1 · stohv Stress 1st syllable

STOHV

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Americans pronounce stove as STOHV (/stoʊv/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Save the stove" or "Never leave the heavy stove in the river" — more examples below.

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1 syllable, 4 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.

t/t/

Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Keep your jaw relaxed. Stop the air, then release with a puff.

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.

v/v/

Lift your bottom lip so its inner edge (where the wet part meets the dry part) touches the very bottom of your top front teeth. Add vocal cord vibration as you blow air through.

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"Don't forget to turn off the stove before you leave."

DOHNT fer·GEHT tuh TURN AHF dhuh STOHV buh·FOR yuh LEEV

"Never leave the heavy stove in the river."

NEH·ver LEEV dhuh HEH·vee STOHV uhn dhuh RIH·ver

"Save the stove."

SAYV dhuh STOHV

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