English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Bread Pronunciation
Bread is pronounced BRED, IPA /ˈbrɛd/.
BRED
US /ˈbrɛd/ · UK /ˈbrɛd/
Syllables: BRED (1 syllable)
noun: A baked food made from flour, water, and usually yeast.
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Bread in a Sentence
- The bread from the market stall is still warm at nine.
- We ate bread and cheese on the train.
- He bakes his own bread every Sunday.
Common Mispronunciations of Bread
Not BREED
The ea shortens to the e of bed, which is what the spelling hides in head, dead, and bread alike.
Not BRET
Leave the voice running into the d, because an unvoiced ending gives a name instead of a word.
Tip: Bread and bred are said identically, so the sentence has to do the work of telling them apart.
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