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Winds syllables
Winds has 1 syllable: WIHNDZ.
- WIHNDZwɪndz
Two words, same spelling. The plural noun, moving air, is WINDZ with a short i. The verb, as in "winds the clock" or "the road winds", is WYNDZ, rhyming with "finds".
The final -s is pronounced as a z because the sound before it is voiced.
Sounds to watch
The w sound
Round your lips as if for oo and glide into the next vowel. No teeth contact, or it turns into a v.
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.
Consonant clusters
Three consonants run together with no vowel between them. Say them as one movement rather than inserting an "uh"; slowing down is fine, adding a vowel is not.
Winds in a sentence
- Strong winds closed the bridge for most of the day.
- The path winds up through the pines to the lake.
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 unclearUse the correct /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/ ending and keep it audible.
- Vowel influenced too strongly by spellingLearn the sound using IPA and audio rather than pronouncing every written vowel.
- /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/.
- Consonant cluster reducedBuild the cluster one sound at a time without deleting a member.
Questions
How do you pronounce winds?
Winds is pronounced /ˈwɪndz/, or WIHNDZ in plain letters. It has one syllable.
How many syllables are in winds?
One. Winds is a single syllable: WIHNDZ.
How do you use winds in a sentence?
Strong winds closed the bridge for most of the day. The path winds up through the pines to the lake.
How is the ending of winds pronounced?
The final -s is pronounced as a z because the sound before it is voiced.
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