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title: "Women Pronunciation: How to Say It in English | Speakeroo"
description: "Women is pronounced /ˈwɪ.mən/ — WIH-muhn. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the first syllable."
url: "https://speakeroo.app/how-to-pronounce/women"
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# Women pronunciation

/ˈwɪ.mən/

WIH-muhn

Women has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "wih". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Women syllables

Women has 2 syllables: WIH-muhn.

1. WIH wɪ
2. muhn mən

WIM-in. The o is pronounced as a short i — the vowel change is entirely in the first syllable, even though the spelling only changes the second. This is one of the most irregular plurals in English.

## 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.

### Weak syllables

The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.

### 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.

## Women in a sentence

- Three women founded the company in a rented garage.
- The women’s team plays its home matches on Saturday.

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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.

- 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 omitted Hold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
- Schwa not reduced Relax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.
- /ɪ/ and /iː/ confused Make /iː/ higher, tenser and usually longer than /ɪ/.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce women?

Women is pronounced /ˈwɪ.mən/, or WIH-muhn in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "wih".

### How many syllables are in women?

2: WIH-muhn. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

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

Three women founded the company in a rented garage. The women’s team plays its home matches on Saturday.

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