HowPronounceIt
  1. Home
  2. How to pronounce
  3. stoops

How to pronounce stoops

Say it like STOOPS. Stoops is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

VoiceSpeed

Click the play button next to American or British to hear how to pronounce stoops. Choose Slow to hear each sound clearly.

US American/stups/STOOPS
UK British/stuːps/STOOPS
  • STOOPS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Stoops pronunciation, sound by sound

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

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

American vs British pronunciation of stoops

American and British speakers say stoops in essentially the same way: /stups/ in the US and /stuːps/ in the UK.

British respelling: STOOPS.

What does stoops mean?

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

Words that rhyme with stoops

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

Questions about saying stoops

How do you pronounce stoops?

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

How many syllables are in stoops?

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

Do Americans and Brits say stoops the same way?

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

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