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How to pronounce wednesday

Check wednesday pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet.

The dictionary sound sequence

CMUdict lists these 2 North American English pronunciations for wednesday. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

W EH1 N Z D IY0

Syllable estimate: 2 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

Dictionary variant 2

W EH1 N Z D EY2

Syllable estimate: 2 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 1st vowel position
Secondary stress: 2nd vowel position

Check wednesday in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio.

Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context.

Use wednesday in context

Wednesday appears in schedules, announcements, and accounts of events during the week. Practical narration needs to connect the day to a time, date, or action, especially when listeners must remember an appointment. In a longer passage, keep the day distinct from other schedule details rather than rushing through the entire arrangement.

The rehearsal moves to Wednesday because the hall is unavailable on Tuesday.
Send the revised agenda by Wednesday so everyone can review it.

Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of wednesday. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A).

Wsound in weconsonant

EHsound in Edvowel

Nsound in kneeconsonant

Zsound in zeeconsonant

Dsound in deeconsonant

IYsound in eatvowel

EYsound in atevowel

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Make an audition worksheet

Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. The two original sentences retain their normal spelling; this worksheet helps you review a recording rather than forcing a speech engine to use phonemes.

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Your plain-text audition worksheet

How to pronounce wednesday

Word: wednesday
Dictionary variant: 1 of 2
CMUdict ARPABET: W EH1 N Z D IY0
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 2
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
The rehearsal moves to Wednesday because the hall is unavailable on Tuesday.
Send the revised agenda by Wednesday so everyone can review it.

REVIEW CHECKLIST
[ ] Read both sentences naturally; keep the source wording.
[ ] Compare the intended pronunciation with the selected dictionary variant.
[ ] Listen for vowel sounds, consonants, and word stress in context.
[ ] Check with a speaker or another dictionary when accent or meaning matters.
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Practice note: Audition Wednesday in the complete schedule announcement, including the time or date that accompanies it. Listen for an unmistakable day reference, and check the delivered instruction against the written schedule before distributing the recording.

CMUdict is a North American English lexicon, not a recording or a complete accent guide.
Variant order is dictionary order; it is not a ranking of correctness.
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License: https://www.murmurtts.com/downloads/cmudict-license.txt
Reference: https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/wednesday

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Dictionary source

The phonemes on this page come from CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters.

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