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How to pronounce pleached

Say it like PLEECHT. Pleached is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/plitʃt/PLEECHT
UK British/pliːtʃt/PLEECHT
  • PLEECHT
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Pleached pronunciation, sound by sound

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

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

American vs British pronunciation of pleached

American and British speakers say pleached in essentially the same way: /plitʃt/ in the US and /pliːtʃt/ in the UK.

British respelling: PLEECHT.

What does pleached mean?

adjective
  1. Entwined, intertwined, interwoven, plaited.
  2. Of a hedge, trees, etc.: created by interweaving branches.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of pleach How to pronounce pleach

Where does pleached come from?

From pleach + -ed.

Words that rhyme with pleached

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Questions about saying pleached

How do you pronounce pleached?

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

How many syllables are in pleached?

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

Do Americans and Brits say pleached the same way?

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

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