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How to pronounce iced

Say it like EYEST. Iced is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

VoiceSpeed
US American/aɪst/EYEST
UK British/aɪst/EYEST
  • EYEST
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Iced pronunciation, sound by sound

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

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

American vs British pronunciation of iced

American and British speakers say iced in essentially the same way: /aɪst/ in the US and /aɪst/ in the UK.

British respelling: EYEST.

What does iced mean?

adjective
  1. With ice added.“I'd like an iced tea.”
  2. Very cold, but not necessarily containing ice.“an iced drink”
  3. Covered with icing.“an iced cake”
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of ice How to pronounce ice

Where does iced come from?

From ice (“noun”) + -ed.

Words that rhyme with iced

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

Questions about saying iced

How do you pronounce iced?

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

How many syllables are in iced?

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

Do Americans and Brits say iced the same way?

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

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