How to pronounce weeks in American English

IPA /wiks/ Syllables 1 · weeks Stress 1st syllable

WEEKS

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Americans pronounce weeks as WEEKS (/wiks/). You'll hear it in sentences like "He's been living in the city for six weeks" or "He has been rehearsing for the school play for weeks" — more examples below.

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1 syllable, 4 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.

ee/i/

Pull the corners of your lips back slightly. Arch the middle-front of your tongue high toward the roof of the mouth.

k/k/

Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate (velum). Stop the air, then release.

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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"He has been rehearsing for the school play for weeks."

hee huhz bihn ruh·HUR·suhng fer dhuh SKOOL PLAY fer WEEKS

"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

"He's been living in the city for six weeks."

heez bihn LIH·vuhng ihn dhuh SIH·dee fer SIHKS WEEKS

"The trial lasted for three weeks due to the complexity."

dhuh TRAHY·uhl LA·stuhd fer THREE WEEKS DOO tuh dhuh kuhm·PLEHK·suh·tee

"The minutes from last week's meeting have been uploaded to the shared folder."

dhuh MIH·nuhts fruhm last WEEKS MEE·duhng hav bihn uhp·LOH·duhd tuh dhuh SHAIRD FOHL·der

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