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How to pronounce spooks

Say it like SPOOKS. Spooks is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/spuks/SPOOKS
UK British/spuːks/SPOOKS
  • SPOOKS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Spooks pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. SPOOKSSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "oo" in food.

American vs British pronunciation of spooks

American and British speakers say spooks in essentially the same way: /spuks/ in the US and /spuːks/ in the UK.

British respelling: SPOOKS.

What does spooks mean?

noun
  1. plural of spook How to pronounce spook
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spook How to pronounce spook

Words that rhyme with spooks

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Questions about saying spooks

How do you pronounce spooks?

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

How many syllables are in spooks?

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

Do Americans and Brits say spooks the same way?

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

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