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.
How to pronounce together in American English
tuh·GEH·dher
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Americans pronounce together as tuh-GEH-dher (/təˈgɛðər/). Stress falls on the second syllable — keep everything else short and quick. You'll hear it in sentences like "They went there together" or "Gather all your things together" — more examples below.
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Every sound in "together".
3 syllables, 6 sounds. Tap a syllable to jump to its row, then explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
uh/ʌ/
Relax your lips, jaw, and tongue completely. Drop your jaw slightly and keep the tongue neutral.
g/g/
Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate. Add vocal cord vibration, then release.
eh/ɛ/
Drop your jaw moderately. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and lift the mid-front part slightly toward the roof.
dh/ð/
Place your tongue tip between or behind your front teeth, turn your vocal cords on, and push air through the gap.
er/ər/
Relax your mouth and lift the tongue back and up. Keep the lips neutral.
In real conversation
Hear "together" in the wild.
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"Breathe together and gather your thoughts there."
BREEDH tuh·GEH·dher and GA·dher yer THAHTS DHAIR
"Can we get together with them later?"
kuhn wee GEHT tuh·GEH·dher wihth dhuhm LAY·der
"Do you want to work on this alone or together?"
doo yuh WAHNT tuh WURK ahn dhihs uh·LOHN er tuh·GEH·dher
"I am proud of what we have accomplished together as a team."
ahy uhm PROWD uhv wuht wee huhv uh·KAHM·pluhsht tuh·GEH·dher uhz uh TEEM
"I hope we can put this behind us and move forward together."
ahy HOHP wee kuhn PUUT dhihs buh·HAHYND uhs and MOOV FOR·werd tuh·GEH·dher
"I look forward to the opportunity to work together on this initiative."
ahy LUUK FOR·werd tuh dhee ah·per·TOO·nuh·tee tuh WURK tuh·GEH·dher ahn dhihs ih·NIH·shuh·tihv
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Watch out
Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
01
Stressing the wrong syllable.
Stress falls on the second syllable, not the others. Stretch GEH — keep everything else short and quick.
TUH·geh·DHER→tuh·GEH·dher
02
Pronouncing the first syllable too fully.
Don't pronounce the first syllable too fully. The unstressed syllable reduces to a schwa — the lazy "uh" sound — in casual speech.
TUH·GEH·dher→tuh·GEH·dher
03
Pronouncing the "R" too clearly.
Americans use a relaxed retroflex R — the tongue curls back rather than rolling. The R is one continuous sound with the vowel before it, not two separate sounds.
… (no R)→… r (curl the tongue)
Questions
Questions people ask about this.
How is "together" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the second syllable — say "GEH" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "tuh-GEH-dher" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Why does the first syllable in "together" reduce to "uh"?
Unstressed syllables in American English collapse toward a schwa — a lazy, neutral "uh" sound. The full vowel is what textbooks teach, but in actual American speech every unstressed vowel reduces. The respell "tuh-GEH-dher" shows the reduced form so you can hear the casual rhythm directly.
How do I pronounce the R in "together"?
Americans use a relaxed retroflex R: the tongue curls back rather than rolling, and the R is one continuous sound with the vowel before it — not two separate sounds. Don't try to pronounce a separate vowel followed by a separate R. Treat them as a single shape.
Is the American pronunciation of "together" 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 "tuh-GEH-dher" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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