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Flight Pronunciation

Flight is pronounced FLYT, IPA /ˈflaɪt/.

FLYT

US /ˈflaɪt/  ·  UK /ˈflaɪt/

Syllables: FLYT (1 syllable)

noun: A journey made by air, the act of flying, or a set of stairs between two floors.

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Flight in a Sentence

  • Our flight was delayed by two hours.
  • A flight of geese crossed the estuary.
  • Her room is up one more flight of stairs.

Common Mispronunciations of Flight

Not FLIT

Stretch that vowel until it rhymes with night. Clipping it gives flit, a quite different word.

Not FLIG-hit

The gh is dead weight from older spelling and makes no sound. Flight, night, and right all ignore it.

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