How To Pronounce February: Two Different Pronunciations

There are two ways to easily pronounce “February”
👉With both R’s: FEB-ru-(w)eh-ree
👉 Replace R with Y: FEB-yu-(w)eh-ree
🇺🇸 This pronunciation is more common in American English

Wondering about the /w/ in the phonetic transcriptions?

The W is an intrusive consonant that occurs when you shift from a high back vowel (tense /u/) to a front vowel (eh). Focusing of making the /w/ sound will help you with the pronunciation of the tense /u/ vowel, and will help you sound clearer, especially if English is not your first language!

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[origamifox]

Most native English speakers just use (and expect) the second/easy one. Don’t worry about pronunciation too much, we’ll understand what you’re trying to say :)

[md.toufiqueislam]

That's too much struggle for 28 days

[aedhcnef]

I pronounce it as “Feb-ru-ary” — I’ll work on adding the “wary” to see how that fits. February is one the words that I can really hear my lazy tongue. Thanks for this video!

[mjpk]

I grew up pronouncing it February and I will die pronouncing it February: Both with TWO "r" sounds.

[urforeignagent]

I just realized that I've been pronouncing this word wrong for my entire life 🤣 Like feb-rA-ree

[sherlockholmes]

All this is BS..best is to call it “farwari”😂

[BeatrizGonzalez-xeyj]

I born in February
And to pronounce it, it's so difficult for me
But you make it so easy
Thank you,
Now I got it🥳🥳✌❤
feb-you ary

[dennisenglishjournal]

I prefer the second way 🤔 Thank you Hadar for this shorty but useful vid 👍🙂 Big hug from me) 🙋‍♂️

[hemnieolivares]

Thank you! Love you! God Bless You A Lot! Please don’t give up!

[ZantierTasa]

I don't know whether it counts as a different pronunciation, but a lot of people put the stress on syllables 1 and 4 instead of 1 and 3. This can sound (or actually get contracted to) "febry"

[alekseidmitrievpro]

Can you make the same tutorial about May?

[ninjakeks]

As a German this is not hard for me. Ever tryed to pronounce (Yes, it is a real word but I think no-one using it. But it exists).

[astroesegg]

As an someone from ex-British Raj, we were taught to say February as it is. Feb-broo-aah-ree. Yes we pronounce the B's too. Not kidding it's legit how we say it no inclines and sh*t

[rindahazzahra]

I didn't know that I need this video. Thanks

[ayapamungkas]

It's written as "Februari" in Indonesia. When I was young until I was like 8 y.o, I always wrote it as "Febuari" because that was how I pronounced it. 🤣
It's my birth month so I wrote it quite often.
Now I pronounced it as the first pronunciation. Pretty close on how it's pronounced in Indonesia, unless in Indonesia the "R" has the sound of more defined trill in it.

[nadaayman]

Your videos are amazing and so helpful but can you put the word into santance so we can understand the meaning of the word and remember 🙏🏻

[srdjanvujosevic]

Let's make English even more confusing. Thank you.

[Ai-ytnf]

I’ve been saying “feb a we re”my whole life 🕺

[bookworms]

In my head I always say Feb-ru-ary makes it easier to spell, but I drop the r when actually saying it.

[mvkglzn]

One of my native languages uses a lot of letters like r, c and z close to each other, so very often i don't even realize that a word was supposed to be difficult because im so used to weird sounds and letter combinations lol. for example, try pronouncing sz. Its kind of like a letter, but not really? We have so many. It actually sounds like shushing someone, so not that difficult but still pretty funny.