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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.
How to pronounce void in American English
VOYD
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Americans pronounce void as VOYD (/vɔɪd/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Employ the loyal choice to avoid the void" or "The aggressive vampire vanished in the void" — more examples below.
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Every sound in "void".
1 syllable, 3 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
oy/ɔɪ/
Start with rounded lips and tongue shifted back. Glide to relaxed lips with the tongue arching forward and up.
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.
In real conversation
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"Employ the loyal choice to avoid the void."
uhm·PLOY dhuh LOY·uhl CHOYS too uh·VOYD dhuh VOYD
"The aggressive vampire vanished in the void."
dhee uh·GREH·suhv VAM·pahyr VA·nuhsht uhn dhuh VOYD
"The contract is null and void because of the error."
dhuh KAHN·trakt ihz NUHL and VOYD buh·KUHZ uhv dhee AIR·er
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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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Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.
In "void", the "d" is not released — the articulators get into position but hold without the burst of air. Air stops but there's no release burst — the articulators hold position.
void→VOYD
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Is the American pronunciation of "void" 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 "VOYD" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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