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title: "Garages Pronunciation: How to Say It in English | Speakeroo"
description: "Garages is pronounced /ɡɚ.ˈɑ.ʒɪz/ — gur-AH-zhihz. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the second syllable."
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# Garages pronunciation

/ɡɚ.ˈɑ.ʒɪz/

gur-AH-zhihz

Garages has 3 syllables. The stress is on the second syllable, "ah". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Garages syllables

Garages has 3 syllables: gur-AH-zhihz.

1. gur ɡɚ
2. AH ɑ
3. zhihz ʒɪz

Guh-RAHZH-iz in American English, with the stress on the second syllable and a soft "zh". British English says GA-rij-iz, stress on the first. The plural adds a full "iz" either way.

The -s ending adds a syllable, pronounced iz, because the base word ends in a hissing sound.

## Sounds to watch

### Short i versus ee

The short i (as in sit) is shorter and more relaxed than ee. Many learners stretch it into ee, which changes the word.

### The zh sound

This is the s in measure: like sh, but with the voice switched on.

### The er vowel

American er (as in her) is a single vowel with the tongue bunched back. Keep the r quality through the whole vowel.

## Garages in a sentence

- The garages on this street were all built for much smaller cars.
- Two garages quoted twice the price for the same repair.

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 -s ending unclear Use the correct /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/ ending and keep it audible.
- Stress placed on the wrong syllable Make the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
- Final consonant devoiced Keep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
- /ɪ/ and /iː/ confused Make /iː/ higher, tenser and usually longer than /ɪ/.
- Every syllable stressed equally Emphasise one main syllable and reduce the others.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce garages?

Garages is pronounced /ɡɚ.ˈɑ.ʒɪz/, or gur-AH-zhihz in plain letters. It has 3 syllables and the stress falls on the second syllable, "ah".

### How many syllables are in garages?

3: gur-AH-zhihz. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

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

The garages on this street were all built for much smaller cars. Two garages quoted twice the price for the same repair.

### How is the ending of garages pronounced?

The -s ending adds a syllable, pronounced iz, because the base word ends in a hissing sound.

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