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Teaches Pronunciation

Teaches is pronounced TEE-chuhz, IPA /ˈtitʃəz/.

TEE-chuhz

US /ˈtitʃəz/  ·  UK /ˈtiːtʃɪz/

Syllables: TEE · chuhz (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)

verb (third person singular of teach): Gives lessons or instruction in a subject.

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Teaches in a Sentence

  • She teaches physics at the technical college.
  • He teaches the beginners on Saturday mornings.
  • Experience teaches you to check twice.

Common Mispronunciations of Teaches

Not TEECHS

A ch sound cannot take a bare s, so English inserts a vowel. That is why the ending is a full extra syllable here but not in reads or walks.

Not TE-chuhz

Hold the first vowel long, as in teach itself. Shortening it moves the word towards tetches.

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