English words can be really confusing sometimes. In these how-to-pronounce episodes published on Fridays, I’ll help you with the pronunciation of confusing words and common names. This week we’re going to talk about the tricky pair -‘thirty’ and ‘thirteen’.

Here’s a loose transcription of the words as explained in the episode:

thirty: th’r-di [IPA: θɜːrti] - stress on the first syllable
thirteen: th’r-teen [IPA: θɜːrti:n] - stress on the last syllable

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153. How to pronounce ‘Thirty’ and ‘Thirteen’