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How to pronounce pieced

Say it like PEEST. Pieced is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/pist/PEEST
UK British/piːst/PEEST
  • PEEST
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Pieced pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. PEESTSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ee" in see.

American vs British pronunciation of pieced

American and British speakers say pieced in essentially the same way: /pist/ in the US and /piːst/ in the UK.

British respelling: PEEST.

What does pieced mean?

adjective
  1. Assembled or constructed by joining separated pieces together.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of piece How to pronounce piece

Words that rhyme with pieced

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Questions about saying pieced

How do you pronounce pieced?

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

How many syllables are in pieced?

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

Do Americans and Brits say pieced the same way?

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

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