English pronunciation · Words Starting with H
Hair Pronunciation
Hair is pronounced HER, IPA /ˈhɛr/.
HER
US /ˈhɛr/ · UK /ˈheə/
Syllables: HER (1 syllable)
noun: The fine threads that grow from the skin, especially on the head.
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Hair in a Sentence
- She cut her hair short in the spring.
- There is a hair in my soup.
- Grey hair runs in the family.
Common Mispronunciations of Hair
Not HEER
Hair and here are different vowels. Hair uses the e of bed stretched before the r; here uses the ee of see. Swapping them makes hair sound like hear.
Not AIR
Breathe the h out properly. Dropping it leaves air, a different word entirely, and the same loss turns hare into are.
Tip: Hair and hare are perfect homophones, and both rhyme with there and where.
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