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title: "How to Pronounce Cancelled: IPA & Syllable Guide | Speakeroo"
description: "Pronounce Cancelled as /ˈkæn.səld/ — KAN-suhld. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the first syllable."
url: "https://speakeroo.app/how-to-pronounce/cancelled"
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# How to pronounce Cancelled

/ˈkæn.səld/

KAN-suhld

Cancelled has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "kan". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Cancelled syllables

Cancelled has 2 syllables: KAN-suhld.

1. KAN kæn
2. suhld səld

The -ed is a single d sound: KAN-suld.

The -ed ending is pronounced as a d, not as a separate syllable, because the sound before it is voiced.

## Sounds to watch

### The l sound

Touch the tongue tip to the ridge behind your top teeth. At the end of a syllable the l is darker and the back of the tongue rises.

### Weak syllables

The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.

### The a in cat

Open the jaw wider than for eh and spread the lips slightly. The a in cat is a distinct vowel, not eh or ah.

## Cancelled in a sentence

- The flight was cancelled because of the storm.
- We cancelled the order before it shipped.

Read either sentence into the recorder above. The check judges only the target word, so the rest of the sentence can be rough.

## What Speakeroo listens for

These are the pronunciation patterns from Speakeroo’s speech feature catalog that this target tends to expose. The check above reports the ones it hears.

- Final -ed ending unclear Use the correct /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/ ending.
- Final consonant devoiced Keep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
- Consonant cluster reduced Build the cluster one sound at a time without deleting a member.
- Extra vowel after a consonant Finish directly on the consonant instead of adding a vowel.
- Schwa not reduced Relax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce cancelled?

Cancelled is pronounced /ˈkæn.səld/, or KAN-suhld in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "kan".

### How many syllables are in cancelled?

2: KAN-suhld. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

### How do you use cancelled in a sentence?

The flight was cancelled because of the storm. We cancelled the order before it shipped.

### How is the ending of cancelled pronounced?

The -ed ending is pronounced as a d, not as a separate syllable, because the sound before it is voiced.

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