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Sewn syllables
Sewn has 1 syllable: SOHN.
- SOHNsoʊn
SOHN, one syllable, exactly like "sown" and "sewn" the past participle of "sew". It rhymes with "own", not with "soon" — the "ew" here is an "oh".
Sounds to watch
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.
Sewn in a sentence
- The patch was sewn on by hand with red thread.
- Every badge on the jacket had been sewn on by his mother.
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 consonant omittedHold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Diphthong flattened into one vowelMove smoothly between both vowel positions.
Questions
How do you pronounce sewn?
Sewn is pronounced /ˈsoʊn/, or SOHN in plain letters. It has one syllable.
How many syllables are in sewn?
One. Sewn is a single syllable: SOHN.
How do you use sewn in a sentence?
The patch was sewn on by hand with red thread. Every badge on the jacket had been sewn on by his mother.
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