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How to pronounce toils

Say it like TOYLZ. Toils is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/tɔɪlz/TOYLZ
UK British/tɔɪlz/TOYLZ
  • TOYLZ
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Toils pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. TOYLZSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "oy" in boy.

American vs British pronunciation of toils

American and British speakers say toils in essentially the same way: /tɔɪlz/ in the US and /tɔɪlz/ in the UK.

British respelling: TOYLZ.

What does toils mean?

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

Questions about saying toils

How do you pronounce toils?

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

How many syllables are in toils?

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

Do Americans and Brits say toils the same way?

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

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