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Played syllables
Played has 1 syllable: PLAYD.
- PLAYDpleɪd
One syllable: PLAYD. The -ed is a single d sound.
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.
Gliding vowels
The ay and oh vowels glide: start on one sound and slide into a short ee or oo. Cutting them short makes them sound like eh and aw.
Played in a sentence
- The band played for two hours without a break.
- She played the recording back three times.
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 unclearUse the correct /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/ ending.
- Final consonant devoicedKeep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
- Diphthong flattened into one vowelMove smoothly between both vowel positions.
Questions
How many syllables are in played?
One. Played is a single syllable: PLAYD.
How do you pronounce played?
Played is pronounced /ˈpleɪd/, or PLAYD in plain letters. It has one syllable.
How do you use played in a sentence?
The band played for two hours without a break. She played the recording back three times.
How is the ending of played 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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