"Exercise" is not spelled the way it sounds. Its pronunciation is /ˈɛksɝˌsaɪz/ in IPA and it has 3 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents — the audio is the reliable guide for a word like this.
exercise
Tap to hear · American accent
Accent
If an accent sounds the same, your device is missing that voice — it falls back to the closest one.
Speed
Record yourself saying exercise, then compare with the target. Your audio stays on this device — nothing is uploaded.
3
Syllables
8
Letters
/ˈɛksɝˌsaɪz/
🇺🇸 IPA (US)
/ˈɛksəsˌaɪz/
🇬🇧 IPA (UK)
"exercise" has 3 syllables: exercise.
noun
“The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.”
“I do crosswords for mental exercise.”
verb
“to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle”
“I exercise at the gym every day.”
Related pages on PronounceIt, chosen from what we know about this word.
Train the contrast: light vs right, walk vs work
Sounds worth drilling for a word spelled like this:
Read next: Long and Short Vowel Sounds in English
"Exercise" is not spelled the way it sounds. Its pronunciation is /ˈɛksɝˌsaɪz/ in IPA and it has 3 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents — the audio is the reliable guide for a word like this.
"Exercise" has 3 syllables.
The IPA transcription of "exercise" is /ˈɛksɝˌsaɪz/.
Exercise: Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
Want the definition, translations into 8 languages, and read-aloud for full sentences?
Open “exercise” in the full dictionary →