How to pronounce voice in American English

IPA /vɔɪs/ Syllables 1 · voys Stress 1st syllable

VOYS

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Americans pronounce voice as VOYS (/vɔɪs/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Enjoy your voice" or "He has a deep and calm voice" — more examples below.

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1 syllable, 3 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

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.

oy/ɔɪ/

Start with rounded lips and tongue shifted back. Glide to relaxed lips with the tongue arching forward and up.

s/s/

Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.

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"Enjoy your voice."

ehn·JOY yer VOYS

"He has a deep and calm voice."

hee huhz uh DEEP and KAHM VOYS

"She has a natural talent for projecting her voice to the back row."

shee huhz uh NA·cher·uhl TA·luhnt fer pruh·JEHK·tuhng her VOYS tuh dhuh BAK ROH

"The brave velvet voice voted for value."

dhuh BRAYV VEHL·vuht VOYS VOH·duhd fer VAL·yoo

"The unemployment voice was a noisy noise."

dhee uhn·uhm·PLOY·muhnt VOYS wuhz uh NOY·zee NOYZ

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