How to pronounce “escort”
“escort” is said two ways
/ˈɛskɔɹt/
ESS-kort
The person or vehicles going with you. Beat on ESS.
/ɛˈskɔɹt/
ih-SKORT
To accompany someone. Beat on SKORT.
Listen for the beat, not the letters
One syllable gets longer, louder and a step higher, and the other one collapses towards a schwa. Say the whole sentence rather than the word on its own and let the grammar pull the beat where it belongs.Both forms live in one sentence here: “Two officers escort the van, and the escort never leaves it.”Each button plays a short phrase rather than the bare word: the model voice takes its stress from the words around it, so asking it for “escort” on its own would play one reading twice instead of the noun and the verb. Read the transcription as you listen.
Say “escort” in 2 beats
escort
/ˈɛskɔɹt/
Everything in this card describes the noun form. As a verb it is /ɛˈskɔɹt/.
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ˈɛskɔːt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- esɛ
- cortskɔɹtstress
- IPA (American)
- /ˈɛskɔɹt/
- IPA (British)
- /ˈɛskɔːt/
- Respelling
- ESS-kort (noun) · ih-SKORT (verb)
- Syllables
- 2 — es-CORT
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: es-CORT. “cort” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
This is the noun form in two accents — a separate question from the two pronunciations above, which are the same accent saying two different words.
/ˈɛskɔɹt/
/ˈɛskɔːt/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
Where “escort” goes wrong
- Often heard
“ESS-kort her to the car”
accompanying someone is ih-SKORT; ESS-kort is the party itself
What “escort” means
- noun
someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- noun
the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
- noun
an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
Say it in a sentence
“Two officers escort the van, and the escort never leaves it.”“escort”, answered
How do you pronounce “escort”?
“escort” has two pronunciations: /ˈɛskɔɹt/ as a noun and /ɛˈskɔɹt/ as a verb — the part of speech decides which. The spelling never changes; the beat does, and the vowels reshape around wherever it lands. The transcription and syllable breakdown below describe the noun form. Build it as es-CORT, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “escort” have?
2: es · cort. The beat lands on the second, “cort”.
Which pronunciation of “escort” is correct?
Both are. /ˈɛskɔɹt/ (ESS-kort) as a noun; /ɛˈskɔɹt/ (ih-SKORT) as a verb. Nothing about the spelling tells you which — the sentence does. Move the beat and the word changes its job mid-sentence, which is why both are worth drilling. Both appear here: “Two officers escort the van, and the escort never leaves it.”
Is “escort” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈɛskɔɹt/ (ESS-kort); British English says /ˈɛskɔːt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “escort” mean?
As a noun: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person For example: “Two officers escort the van, and the escort never leaves it.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “escort”?
Stress the second syllable: es-CORT. “cort” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “escort” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.