English pronunciation · Words Starting with W
Wake Pronunciation
Wake is pronounced WAYK, IPA /ˈweɪk/.
WAYK
US /ˈweɪk/ · UK /ˈweɪk/
Syllables: WAYK (1 syllable)
verb and noun: To stop sleeping, the trail of water behind a boat, or a gathering held after a death.
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Wake in a Sentence
- I wake at six whatever time I go to bed.
- Gulls followed in the wake of the trawler.
- Half the village came to the wake.
Common Mispronunciations of Wake
Not WAK
Clipped, this becomes whack. The vowel runs the length of the ay in lake.
Not WOHK
Woke is the past tense and belongs in yesterday. Mixing the two vowels puts the sentence in the wrong time.
Tip: Wake, woke, woken for the verb. The noun senses, a boat's wake and a funeral wake, have no irregular forms at all.
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