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How to pronounce raspberry

Raspberry is pronounced RAZ-ber-ee in American English and RAHZ-buh-ree in British English. It has three syllables with the stress on the first. The p is silent, and the s sounds like z.

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  • 3 syllables
  • Stress on RAZ
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raspberry

Three syllables, stress on the first

noun · a soft red fruit that grows on a bush

  1. RAZræz (stressed)
  2. berber
  3. eei
  • US /ˈræz.ber.i/RAZ-ber-ee Recorded voice
  • UK /ˈrɑːz.bər.i/RAHZ-buh-ree Your device’s voice

IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. The recording is American English.

Raspberry, sound by sound

Each sound in the IPA, with a word you already know that has it.

US American English/ˈræz.ber.i/

  1. RAZstressed

    • /r/as in red
    • /æ/as in cat
    • /z/as in zoo

  2. ber

    • /b/as in bad
    • /e/as in bed
    • /r/as in red

  3. ee

    • /i/as in happy

UK British English/ˈrɑːz.bər.i/

  1. RAHZstressed

    • /r/as in red
    • /ɑː/as in father
    • /z/as in zoo

  2. buh

    • /b/as in bad
    • /ə/as in about
    • /r/as in red

  3. ree

    • /i/as in happy

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Tip. The p is silent. Say RAZ-ber-ee: the s sounds like z, and there is no p.

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    Common raspberry pronunciation mistakes

    What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say RAZ-ber-ee.

    • NotRASP-ber-ee

      Saying the p and a hard s. Say RAZ with a z sound and no p.

    • Notras-BER-ee

      Stressing the second syllable. The stress is on the first: RAZ.

    • NotRAZ-bree

      Dropping the middle syllable in American English. Keep three beats: RAZ-ber-ee.

    Raspberry in a sentence

    Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.

    • Raspberry jam is delicious on toast.

    • She put a raspberry on top of the cake.

    • I like raspberry ice cream.

    Is the p in raspberry silent?

    Yes. The p is silent: say RAZ-ber-ee. In the middle, s + p + b is too many sounds in a row, so the p drops out of speech.

    Nobody is fully sure where the word comes from. It was earlier raspis berry, and raspis may be a sweet pink wine or may be linked to rasp, a rough tool. The p was already in the spelling, but it was never needed in speech.

    Say the first vowel as a in cat (US) or ah in father (UK), then a z. The sound after the vowel is not s or sp: it is z, then b, then the second syllable.

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