How to pronounce

How to pronounce Visited

/ˈvɪ.zɪ.tɪd/
VIH-zih-tihd

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

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Accent

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Visited syllables

Visited has 3 syllables: VIH-zih-tihd.

  1. VIH
  2. zih
  3. tihdtɪd

The -ed is a separate syllable: VIZ-ih-tid.

The -ed ending is a separate syllable here, pronounced id, because the base word ends in a t or d 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.

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.

Visited in a sentence

  • We visited the factory last spring.
  • The museum is the most visited in the country.

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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.
  • Stress placed on the wrong syllableMake the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
  • /v/ and /w/ confusedUse teeth-on-lip contact for /v/ and rounded lips without contact for /w/.
  • Final consonant devoicedKeep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
  • /ɪ/ and /iː/ confusedMake /iː/ higher, tenser and usually longer than /ɪ/.

Questions

How do you pronounce visited?

Visited is pronounced /ˈvɪ.zɪ.tɪd/, or VIH-zih-tihd in plain letters. It has 3 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "vih".

How many syllables are in visited?

3: VIH-zih-tihd. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

How do you use visited in a sentence?

We visited the factory last spring. The museum is the most visited in the country.

How is the ending of visited pronounced?

The -ed ending is a separate syllable here, pronounced id, because the base word ends in a t or d sound.

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