HowPronounceIt
  1. Home
  2. How to pronounce
  3. frustrations

How to pronounce frustrations

Say it like fruh-STRAY-shunz. Frustrations has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second one (STRAY).

VoiceSpeed

Click the play button next to American or British to hear how to pronounce frustrations. Choose Slow to hear each sound clearly.

US American/frəˈstreɪʃənz/fruh-STRAY-shunz
UK British/frəˈstreɪʃənz/fruh-STRAY-shunz
  • fruh
  • STRAY
  • shunz
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Frustrations pronunciation, sound by sound

Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.

  1. fruhKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the relaxed "uh" in about.
  2. STRAYSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ay" in day.
  3. shunzKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the relaxed "uh" in about.

American vs British pronunciation of frustrations

American and British speakers say frustrations in essentially the same way: /frəˈstreɪʃənz/ in the US and /frəˈstreɪʃənz/ in the UK.

British respelling: fruh-STRAY-shunz.

What does frustrations mean?

noun
  1. plural of frustration How to pronounce frustration

Words that rhyme with frustrations

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

Questions about saying frustrations

How do you pronounce frustrations?

Say fruh-STRAY-shunz. The American pronunciation is /frəˈstreɪʃənz/. In British English it is /frəˈstreɪʃənz/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in frustrations?

Frustrations has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second one (STRAY). Broken into parts: fruh · STRAY · shunz.

Do Americans and Brits say frustrations the same way?

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

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