How to pronounce “home”
Say “home” in one beat
home
/hoʊm/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /həʊm/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- homehoʊm
- IPA (American)
- /hoʊm/
- IPA (British)
- /həʊm/
- Respelling
- HOHM
- Syllables
- 1 — home
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /hoʊm/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb, adjective, adverb
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/hoʊm/
/həʊm/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “home” means
- noun
where you live at a particular time
“deliver the package to my home”
- noun
housing that someone is living in
“he built a modest dwelling near the pond”
- noun
the country or state or city where you live
“Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home”
Say it in a sentence
“They finally arrived home after a long day of travel.”“home”, answered
How do you pronounce “home”?
“home” is pronounced /hoʊm/ (HOHM) in American English and /həʊm/ in British English — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /hoʊm/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “home” have?
One, despite the 2 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /hoʊm/ — a single beat.
Is “home” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /hoʊm/ (HOHM); British English says /həʊm/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “home” mean?
As a noun: where you live at a particular time For example: “deliver the package to my home” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “home”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /hoʊm/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
Now say “home” 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.