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Customers Pronunciation

Customers is pronounced KUH-stuh-merz, IPA /ˈkəstəmɝz/.

KUH-stuh-merz

US /ˈkəstəmɝz/  ·  UK /ˈkʌstəməz/

Syllables: KUH · stuh · merz (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)

noun (plural): The people who buy goods or services from a business.

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Customers in a Sentence

  • Most of our customers order twice a year.
  • Two customers were waiting when the shutters went up.
  • Regular customers get the discount automatically.

Common Mispronunciations of Customers

Not kuh-STAH-merz

Lead on KUH and leave the two beats behind it faint.

Not KUH-stuh-mers

A plural s buzzes after an r, the way it does in numbers and papers.

Tip: Customers and costumes trip people up in both directions, so watch the middle of each.

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