Anxiety Pronunciation 100% correct. (American & British English)

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How to pronounce Anxiety

We shared IPA Pronunciation Guide, Sound Like Words, and correct pronunciation of Anxiety. You should know that anxiety is pronounced differently in American and British English.

IPA-key:

• US: [ æŋˈzaɪ.ə.t̬i ]
• UK: [ æŋˈzaɪ.ə.ti ]

Sounds like:

• US: ( ang-ZAI-uh-dee )
• UK: ( ang-ZAI-uh-tee )

(1). First syllable, pronounce with unstressed. [ æŋ ] in both American English and British English, ( ang ).

• [ æ ]: pronounce as “a” in cat, bat, hat, mat, sat.
• [ ŋ ]: pronounce as “ng” in king, ring, thing, bring, zing.

(2). Second syllable, pronounce with stressed. [ ˈzaɪ ] in both American English and British English, ( ZAI ).

• [ z ]: pronounce as “z” in zip, zoo, zigzag, quiz, zoom.
• [ aɪ ]: ( diphthong ) pronounce as “i” in high, sight, might, night, light.

(3). Third syllable, pronounce with unstressed. [ ə ] in both American English and British English, ( uh ).

• [ ə ]: ( schwa ) pronounce as “a” in sofa, above, alone, around, alaska.

(4). Fourth syllable, pronounce with unstressed. [ t̬i ] in American English and [ ti ] in British English, ( dee / tee ).

• [ t̬ ]: [ use: US ] ( flap “t” like quick “d” sound ) pronounce as “tt” in fitting, pretty, cutting, sitting, tatty.
• [ t ]: [ use: UK ] pronounce as “t” in toy, take, tell, two, try.
• [ i ]: pronounce as “y” in baby, city, easy, sunny, happy.