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 tuesday in American English
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. You'll hear it in sentences like "The presentation is on Tuesday" or "I thought the meeting was on Tuesday" — more examples below.
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2 syllables, 5 sounds. Tap a syllable to jump to its row, then explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
oo/u/
Round your lips into a tight circle. Let your tongue rest in the middle of your mouth, slightly raised.
z/z/
Same position as S, but add vocal cord vibration. Feel the buzz.
d/d/
Touch the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Add vocal cord vibration as you release.
ay/eɪ/
Start with your jaw slightly open and the front of your tongue forward and slightly up. Glide upward, your jaw closes a little more and your tongue arches higher toward the roof of the mouth.
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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
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
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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
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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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