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How to pronounce shopped

Say it like SHOPT. Shopped is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/ʃɑpt/SHOPT
UK British/ʃɒpt/SHOPT
  • SHOPT
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Shopped pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. SHOPTSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ah" in father.

American vs British pronunciation of shopped

  • The short o is rounded in British English (as in "hot"), but open and unrounded in American English.

British respelling: SHOPT.

What does shopped mean?

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of shop How to pronounce shop

Words that rhyme with shopped

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Questions about saying shopped

How do you pronounce shopped?

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

How many syllables are in shopped?

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

Is shopped pronounced differently in British English?

Yes. The short o is rounded in British English (as in "hot"), but open and unrounded in American English. The British form is /ʃɒpt/ (SHOPT).

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