English pronunciation · Words Starting with W
Wheat Pronunciation
Wheat is pronounced WEET, IPA /ˈhwit/.
WEET
US /ˈhwit/ · UK /ˈwiːt/
Syllables: WEET (1 syllable)
noun: A cereal grain grown for flour, and the plant it comes from.
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Wheat in a Sentence
- The wheat was cut in the first dry week.
- This bread has no wheat in it.
- Wheat prices moved again overnight.
Common Mispronunciations of Wheat
Not WET
Run the ea to its full ee, so this rhymes with beat. Clipped, the word collapses into wet.
Not WEED
Stop the ending on a voiceless t. A buzz there gives weed, which is the opposite of a crop.
Tip: Most speakers read the wh as a plain w. Scottish and some American speakers keep an old puff of air in front of it, and both readings are standard.
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