How To Pronounce Twist

twist

UK
Phonemic
/twɪst/
Phonetic
[tʷw̥ɪst̚]
US
Phonemic
/twɪst/

In British English, twist is pronounced /twɪst/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [tʷw̥ɪst̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /twɪst/.

Twist has one syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.

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