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How to pronounce blights

Say it like BLYTS. Blights is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/blaɪts/BLYTS
UK British/blaɪts/BLYTS
  • BLYTS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Blights pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. BLYTSSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in time.

American vs British pronunciation of blights

American and British speakers say blights in essentially the same way: /blaɪts/ in the US and /blaɪts/ in the UK.

British respelling: BLYTS.

What does blights mean?

noun
  1. plural of blight How to pronounce blight
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blight How to pronounce blight

Words that rhyme with blights

Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of blights.

Questions about saying blights

How do you pronounce blights?

Say BLYTS. The American pronunciation is /blaɪts/. In British English it is /blaɪts/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in blights?

Blights is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: BLYTS.

Do Americans and Brits say blights the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /blaɪts/ and the British form is /blaɪts/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.

Pronunciation from Wiktionary; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).