English pronunciation · Words Starting with T
Tangled Pronunciation
Tangled is pronounced TANG-guhld, IPA /ˈtæŋgəld/.
TANG-guhld
US /ˈtæŋgəld/ · UK /ˈtæŋgəld/
Syllables: TANG · guhld (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective; also the past tense of tangle: Twisted together into knots, or made confusingly complicated.
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Tangled in a Sentence
- The cables behind the desk were hopelessly tangled.
- She spent ten minutes on a tangled fishing line.
- The plot gets tangled in the second act.
Common Mispronunciations of Tangled
Not TAN-juhld
Nothing softens the g when an l follows it, so the middle sounds like gull rather than jull. That gives TANG-guhld.
Not TANG-guhl-ed
The ed adds no syllable here. After an l sound it is a plain d, so two beats cover the whole word.
Tip: The ng swallows the first n and then a hard g follows: TANG-guhld, like jangled and mangled.
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