How to pronounce two in American English

IPA /tu/ Syllables 1 · too Stress 1st syllable

TOO

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Americans pronounce two as TOO (/tu/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Two tall trees" or "Two spoons of soup" — more examples below.

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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.

oo/u/

Round your lips into a tight circle. Let your tongue rest in the middle of your mouth, slightly raised.

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"He forgot to set his alarm and overslept by almost two hours."

hee fer·GAHT tuh SEHT hihz uh·LARM and oh·ver·SLEHPT bahy AHL·mohst TOO OWRZ

"He proposed a motion to extend the deadline by two weeks."

hee pruh·POHZD uh MOH·shuhn tuh uhk·STEHND dhuh DEHD·lahyn bahy TOO WEEKS

"Is the appointment at two-thirteen or two-thirty?"

ihz dhee uh·POYNT·muhnt uht TOO ther·TEEN or TOO THUR·dee

"She asked him to wash the clothes for two months."

shee ASKT hihm tuh WAHSH dhuh KLOHZ fer TOO MUHNTHS

"She took detailed notes during the entire two-hour lecture."

shee TUUK DEE·tayld NOHTS DUUR·uhng dhee uhn·TAHY·er TOO OWR LEHK·cher

"The chemistry between the two lead actors was palpable."

dhuh CHEH·muh·stree buh·TWEEN dhuh TOO LEED AK·terz wuhz PAL·puh·buhl

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