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How to pronounce Wednesday /ˈwenzdeɪ/

Wednesday has two syllables and no pronounced first d: WENZ-day. Learn the silent letters and the buzzing /nz/ in the middle.

Wednesday

Broad IPA phonetic notation · general American / British

US /ˈwenzdā/ · UK /ˈwenzdeɪ/

Syllables: 2

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One reference reading per word and accent. Words such as read and wind can have other readings; this lookup does not choose by sentence meaning. Synthesized speech may use a different reading.

American results use dictionary respelling, as in ber. British results use broad IPA, as in /beə/. The sound chart and IPA lessons teach IPA separately. ˈ marks main stress and ˌ secondary stress; single-syllable words omit them.

American respelling key

a: cat
ā: day
ä: father
e: bed
ē: see
i: sit
ī: my
ō: go
ô: law
o͞o: food
o͝o: foot
oi: boy
ou: now
ə: cup, about
ər: bird, teacher
er: bear
ir: hear
CH: chip
j: jump
SH: ship
ZH: vision
TH: thin
T͟H: this
NG: sing
y: yes

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Meaning

The day between Tuesday and Thursday.

Ignore the first d and the second e: the word is WENZ-day. The letters s and d make the buzzing /zd/ cluster, and the final syllable is often /deɪ/ or, in some speech, weaker.

Your practice sequence

Say when, then add /z/: wenz.
Add day with no vowel before it: WENZ-day.
Say “See you on Wednesday”, with stress on the first syllable.

See you on Wednesday.

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Published 3 November 2026

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