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How to pronounce shipps

Say it like SHIPS. Shipps is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/ʃɪps/SHIPS
UK British/ʃɪps/SHIPS
  • SHIPS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Shipps pronunciation, sound by sound

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

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

American vs British pronunciation of shipps

American and British speakers say shipps in essentially the same way: /ʃɪps/ in the US and /ʃɪps/ in the UK.

British respelling: SHIPS.

What does shipps mean?

noun
  1. plural of shipp

Words that rhyme with shipps

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

Words that sound like shipps

  • ship's

Questions about saying shipps

How do you pronounce shipps?

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

How many syllables are in shipps?

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

Do Americans and Brits say shipps the same way?

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

What words sound the same as shipps?

Shipps sounds the same as ship's in American English. The spelling and meaning are what tell them apart.

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