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title: "Winds Pronunciation: How to Say It in English | Speakeroo"
description: "Winds is pronounced /ˈwɪndz/ — WIHNDZ. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. See the syllable breakdown and practice it in a sentence."
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# Winds pronunciation

/ˈwɪndz/

WIHNDZ

Winds has one syllable.

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## Winds syllables

Winds has 1 syllable: WIHNDZ.

1. WIHNDZ wɪndz

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 unclear Use the correct /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/ ending and keep it audible.
- Vowel influenced too strongly by spelling Learn the sound using IPA and audio rather than pronouncing every written vowel.
- /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/.
- Consonant cluster reduced Build 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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