tuesday

IPA /ˈtuzdeɪ/ Syllables 2 · tooz·day Stress 1st syllable
TOOZ·day
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Americans pronounce tuesday as TOOZ-day (/ˈtuzdeɪ/). Stress falls on the first syllable — keep everything else short and quick.

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Common mistakes

Stressing the wrong syllable.

Stress falls on the first syllable, not the others. Stretch TOOZ — keep everything else short and quick.

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Why it sounds different

Why "tuesday" sounds like TOOZ·day.

Between "" and "", a brief "" glide bridges the two vowels for smooth flow. This is called the Vowel-to-Vowel Linking, a connected-speech trick that makes phrases flow. It comes out as TOOZ·day.

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"I thought the meeting was on Tuesday."
ahy THAHT dhuh MEE·duhng wuhz ahn TOOZ·day
"I'll see you for our meeting next Tuesday."
ahyl SEE yoo fer ar MEE·duhng NEHKST TOOZ·day
"Should we meet on Tuesday or Wednesday?"
shuud wee MEET ahn TOOZ·day or WEHNZ·day
"The choir rehearses every Tuesday evening at the community center."
dhuh KWAHY·er ruh·HUR·suhz EHV·ree TOOZ·day EEV·nuhng uht dhuh kuh·MYOO·nuh·tee SEHN·ter
"The package should arrive here by Tuesday."
dhuh PA·kuhj shuud uh·RAHYV HEER bahy TOOZ·day
"The presentation is on Tuesday."
dhuh preh·zuhn·TAY·shuhn ihz ahn TOOZ·day
Same pattern

Words that work the same way.

All of these share phonetic features with this word — same trick.

TAY·buhl·SPOONZtablespoonsSTAYK·HOHL·derzstakeholdersFLUHK·choo·AY·shuhnzfluctuationsNOOZ·PAY·pernewspaperSIH·choo·AY·shuhnzsituationsdoo·RAY·shuhndurationkuhn·KLOODZconcludesDOONZdunes
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.

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Stressing the wrong syllable.

Stress falls on the first syllable, not the others. Stretch TOOZ — keep everything else short and quick.

tooz·DAY→TOOZ·day
Questions

Questions people ask about this.

How is "tuesday" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the first syllable — say "TOOZ" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "TOOZ-day" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Is the American pronunciation of "tuesday" 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 "TOOZ-day" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.

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