English pronunciation · Words Starting with D
Died Pronunciation
Died is pronounced DYD, IPA /ˈdaɪd/.
DYD
US /ˈdaɪd/ · UK /ˈdaɪd/
Syllables: DYD (1 syllable)
verb (past tense of die): Stopped living.
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Died in a Sentence
- Her grandfather died peacefully at home last spring.
- The engine died halfway up the hill.
- Thousands of trees died in the drought.
Common Mispronunciations of Died
Not DY-ed
The ed ending is one d sound stuck onto the vowel, never a separate beat. Only a base word ending in t or d, such as wait or need, earns the extra syllable.
Not DEED
Open the vowel into the long eye of my. Flattening it to ee gives deed instead.
Tip: Died and dyed are said identically. One is the past of die, the other the past of colouring cloth.
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