sayitsayit
Pronunciation

How to pronounce “utilities”

“utilities” is pronounced /juˈtɪlətiz/ (yoo-TI-luh-teez) in American English and /juːtɪlɪtiz/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “il”.
The sound

Say “utilities” in 4 beats

Say it like this

utilities

/juˈtɪlətiz/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /juːtɪlɪtiz/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

4 beats
  1. utju
  2. iltɪstress
  3. itlə
  4. iestiz
IPA (American)
/juˈtɪlətiz/
IPA (British)
/juːtɪlɪtiz/
Respelling
yoo-TI-luh-teez
Syllables
4 — ut-IL-it-ies
Stress
Stress the second syllable: ut-IL-it-ies. “il” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
noun
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/juˈtɪlətiz/

British

/juːtɪlɪtiz/

No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.

Meaning

What “utilities” means

  1. noun

    a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

  2. noun

    the quality of being of practical use

  3. noun

    the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility

    “the cost of utilities never decreases”

Say it in a sentence

“The utilities are included in the rent for the flat.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
jyulong oott×2ɪshort illəschwailong ezz

Each sound has its own page: where the tongue goes, what it is usually confused with, and words to drill it on.

Questions

“utilities”, answered

How do you pronounce “utilities”?

“utilities” is pronounced /juˈtɪlətiz/ (yoo-TI-luh-teez) in American English and /juːtɪlɪtiz/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “il”. Build it as ut-IL-it-ies, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “utilities” have?

4: ut · il · it · ies. The beat lands on the second, “il”.

Is “utilities” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /juˈtɪlətiz/ (yoo-TI-luh-teez); British English says /juːtɪlɪtiz/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “utilities” mean?

As a noun: a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation For example: “The utilities are included in the rent for the flat.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “utilities”?

Stress the second syllable: ut-IL-it-ies. “il” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

Practise this word

Now say “utilities” 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.

Practise this word freeMore words with U