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title: "How to Pronounce Services: IPA & Syllable Guide | Speakeroo"
description: "Pronounce Services as /ˈsɝ.və.səz/ — SUR-vuh-suhz. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the first syllable."
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# How to pronounce Services

/ˈsɝ.və.səz/

SUR-vuh-suhz

Services has 3 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "sur". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Services syllables

Services has 3 syllables: SUR-vuh-suhz.

1. SUR sɝ
2. vuh və
3. suhz səz

SUR-vis-iz, three syllables, stress on the first. The plural adds a full "iz" syllable because the word already ends in an s sound — it is not "SUR-viss".

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

## Sounds to watch

### The v sound

Rest your top teeth on your bottom lip and add voice. Keep it distinct from w, which uses rounded lips and no teeth.

### 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 er vowel

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

## Services in a sentence

- The hotel offers extra services for guests who stay a week.
- Bus services are reduced on public holidays.

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.
- /v/ and /w/ confused Use teeth-on-lip contact for /v/ and rounded lips without contact for /w/.
- Final consonant devoiced Keep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
- Schwa not reduced Relax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce services?

Services is pronounced /ˈsɝ.və.səz/, or SUR-vuh-suhz in plain letters. It has 3 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "sur".

### How many syllables are in services?

3: SUR-vuh-suhz. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

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

The hotel offers extra services for guests who stay a week. Bus services are reduced on public holidays.

### How is the ending of services pronounced?

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

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