How to pronounce “seek”
Say “seek” in one beat
seek
/sik/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /siːk/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- seeksik
- IPA (American)
- /sik/
- IPA (British)
- /siːk/
- Respelling
- SEEK
- Syllables
- 1 — seek
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /sik/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
American and British are not the same here
/sik/
/siːk/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “seek” means
- noun
the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
- verb
try to get or reach
“seek a position”
- verb
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
“The police are searching for clues”
Say it in a sentence
“A slow seek meant the whole recording stuttered badly.”“seek”, answered
How do you pronounce “seek”?
“seek” is pronounced /sik/ (SEEK) in American English and /siːk/ in British English — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /sik/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “seek” have?
One, despite the 2 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /sik/ — a single beat.
Is “seek” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /sik/ (SEEK); British English says /siːk/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “seek” mean?
As a noun: the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk For example: “A slow seek meant the whole recording stuttered badly.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “seek”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /sik/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
Now say “seek” 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.