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How to pronounce fished

Say it like FISHT. Fished is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/fɪʃt/FISHT
UK British/fɪʃt/FISHT
  • FISHT
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Fished pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. FISHTSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in sit.

American vs British pronunciation of fished

American and British speakers say fished in essentially the same way: /fɪʃt/ in the US and /fɪʃt/ in the UK.

British respelling: FISHT.

What does fished mean?

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of fish How to pronounce fish
adjective
  1. Containing or loaded with fish.

Words that rhyme with fished

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Questions about saying fished

How do you pronounce fished?

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

How many syllables are in fished?

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

Do Americans and Brits say fished the same way?

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

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