How to pronounce web in American English

IPA /wɛb/ Syllables 1 · wehb Stress 1st syllable

WEHB

Start here

Americans pronounce web as WEHB (/wɛb/). You'll hear it in sentences like "The spider spun a complex web to catch insects" or "Plankton is the foundation of the marine food web" — more examples below.

Now you try.

Record yourself saying "web" and play it back. The mic stays on your device — nothing's uploaded.

Ready when you are

Tap the mic to start

Preview your accent profile

Get your accent profile and 5-axes assessment.

Sounds

75%

Clarity

68%

Stress

78%

Intonation

65%

Fluency

62%

Overall assessment

Our AI coach listens to your recording and grades 5 dimensions of pronunciation — then tells you exactly what to fix next.

72% Noticeable accent

Common mistakes

Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.

In "web", the "b" 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.

Unlock the full report in the app

Sound by sound

Every sound in "web".

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

w/w/

Round your lips into a tight circle. Lift the back of your tongue toward the soft palate and add voice.

eh/ɛ/

Drop your jaw moderately. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and lift the mid-front part slightly toward the roof.

b/b/

Press your lips together, add vocal cord vibration, then release.

In real conversation

Hear "web" in the wild.

Click any sentence to see the full breakdown — every link, every reduction, every flap-T.

"Plankton is the foundation of the marine food web."

PLANGK·tuhn ihz dhuh fown·DAY·shuhn uhv dhuh muh·REEN FOOD WEHB

"The spider spun a complex web to catch insects."

dhuh SPAHY·der SPUHN uh KAHM·plehks WEHB tuh KACH IHN·sehkts

Find another

Looking for a different word or sentence?

Search the entire library

Press / anywhere to focus the search box.

Watch out

Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.

The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.

Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.

In "web", the "b" 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.

web→WEHB

Questions

Questions people ask about this.

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

Now you try.

Get your accent profile and 5-axes assessment.

Overall assessment

Common mistakes

Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.

Every sound in "web".

Hear "web" in the wild.

Words that work the same way.

Looking for a different word or sentence?

Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.

Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.

Questions people ask about this.

Stop reading about "web". Start saying it.