how to pronounce south

/saʊθ/

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the above transcription of south is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

south is pronounced in one syllable

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saʊθ

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video examples of south pronunciation

An example use of south in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… uh chantal is sunny south end top of …”

meaning of south

South is the direction that is on the southern side of a place.

south frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word south occurs in english on average 231.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics south can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that south can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;

words with pronunciation similar to south

sousesoughmouthloutsotowntoutdoubtsewlour

words that rhyme with south

mouthbadmouthblabbermouth

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