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Debt Pronunciation

Debt is pronounced DET, IPA /ˈdɛt/.

DET

US /ˈdɛt/  ·  UK /ˈdɛt/

Syllables: DET (1 syllable)

noun: Money that one person or organisation owes to another.

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Debt in a Sentence

  • They cleared the last of the debt in March.
  • The company is carrying a great deal of debt.
  • I owe her a debt I cannot really repay.

Common Mispronunciations of Debt

Not DEBT with the b sounded

The b is silent. It was added to the spelling by scholars who wanted the word to look more like the Latin debitum, long after English had stopped saying it.

Not DETH

The ending is a hard t, not a th. Keeping the tongue behind the teeth rather than between them avoids turning it into death.

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