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How to pronounce skied

Say it like SKEED. Skied is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/skid/SKEED
UK British/skiːd/SKEED
  • SKEED
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Skied pronunciation, sound by sound

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

American vs British pronunciation of skied

American and British speakers say skied in essentially the same way: /skid/ in the US and /skiːd/ in the UK.

British respelling: SKEED.

What does skied mean?

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of ski How to pronounce ski
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of sky How to pronounce sky

Words that rhyme with skied

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Questions about saying skied

How do you pronounce skied?

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

How many syllables are in skied?

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

Do Americans and Brits say skied the same way?

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

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