Come si pronuncia creek vs creak

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“creek” e “creak” sono omofoni inglesi con pronuncia fonetica identica al 100% (⁄kriːk⁄).

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creek

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Sillabe

CREEK

Definizione:

A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.

“Seven miles to the north of Venice, the banks of sand, which near the city rise little above low-water mark, attain by degrees a higher level, and knit themselves at last into fields of salt morass, raised here and there into shapeless mounds, and intercepted by narrow creeks of sea.”

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creak

⁄kriːk⁄

Sillabe

CREAK

Definizione:

The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

“I won't say that I didn't close my eyes for a minute through the whole night, but if I did sleep it was only as a watchdog sleeps. A whisper or a creak of a board would have found me alert.”

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Difference between creek and creak?

“creek” e “creak” sono omofoni inglesi con pronuncia fonetica identica al 100% (⁄kriːk⁄).

Syllable stress in creek vs creak?

"creek" has 1 syllables (creek). "creak" has 1 syllables (creak).

Why are creek and creak easily confused?

These words share similar phonetic features and vowel lengths.

Example sentences for creek and creak?

"creek": Seven miles to the north of Venice, the banks of sand, which near the city rise little above low-water mark, attain by degrees a higher level, and knit themselves at last into fields of salt morass, raised here and there into shapeless mounds, and intercepted by narrow creeks of sea. "creak": I won't say that I didn't close my eyes for a minute through the whole night, but if I did sleep it was only as a watchdog sleeps. A whisper or a creak of a board would have found me alert.