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How to pronounce tweets

Say it like TWEETS. Tweets is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/twits/TWEETS
UK British/twiːts/TWEETS
  • TWEETS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Tweets pronunciation, sound by sound

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

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

American vs British pronunciation of tweets

American and British speakers say tweets in essentially the same way: /twits/ in the US and /twiːts/ in the UK.

British respelling: TWEETS.

What does tweets mean?

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

Words that rhyme with tweets

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

Questions about saying tweets

How do you pronounce tweets?

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

How many syllables are in tweets?

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

Do Americans and Brits say tweets the same way?

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

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