wednesday

IPA /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/ Syllables 2 · wehnz·day Stress 1st syllable
WEHNZ·day
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Americans pronounce wednesday as WEHNZ-day (/ˈwɛnzdeɪ/). Stress falls on the first syllable — keep everything else short and quick.

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Common mistakes

Stressing the wrong syllable.

Stress falls on the first syllable, not the others. Stretch WEHNZ — keep everything else short and quick.

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Why it sounds different

Why "wednesday" sounds like WEHNZ·day.

Between "" and "", a brief "" glide bridges the two vowels for smooth flow. This is called the Vowel-to-Vowel Linking, how Americans glue words together so they sound like one phrase. It comes out as WEHNZ·day.

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"I have meetings on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."
ahy hav MEE·duhngz ahn MUHN·day WEHNZ·day and FRAHY·day
"Should we meet on Tuesday or Wednesday?"
shuud wee MEET ahn TOOZ·day or WEHNZ·day
"Where were you last Wednesday evening?"
wair wer yoo last WEHNZ·day EEV·nuhng
"Would Thursday evening work for you instead of Wednesday?"
wuud THURZ·day EEV·nuhng WURK fer yoo uhn·STEHD uhv WEHNZ·day
Same pattern

Words that work the same way.

All of these share phonetic features with this word — same trick.

WEE·kehndzweekendsREH·kuh·mehn·DAY·shuhnzrecommendationsSAHYD·WAYZsidewaysWEEK·DAYZweekdaysUHN·der·WEHNTunderwentWEE·KEHNDweekendWIHN·dohzwindowsDEH·kaydzdecades
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.

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Stressing the wrong syllable.

Stress falls on the first syllable, not the others. Stretch WEHNZ — keep everything else short and quick.

wehnz·DAY→WEHNZ·day
Questions

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How is "wednesday" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the first syllable — say "WEHNZ" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "WEHNZ-day" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Is the American pronunciation of "wednesday" 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 "WEHNZ-day" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.

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