Easy English.with James
354K YouTube subscribers Try the apps free

Word 470 of 545 · Very British words

How to pronounce chuffed

/tʃʌft/ British English

CHUFT

1 beat (syllable).

a Coloured letters don’t sound the way they look.

✗ Many people say

CHUFfed

✓ Say

CHUFT

My tip

Just 1 beat: CHUFT. The ed sounds like t. It means very happy!

In a sentence

I’m really chuffed with my new job.

Now you say it

  1. Listen to me two or three times.
  2. Say it slowly, one beat at a time: CHUFT.
  3. Say the sentence at normal speed.

Questions

How do you pronounce chuffed?

In British English, chuffed is pronounced /tʃʌft/. Say it like this: CHUFT. Just 1 beat: CHUFT. The ed sounds like t. It means very happy!

How many syllables are in chuffed?

When you say it, chuffed has 1 syllable: CHUFT.

More words like this: very british words

Practise these sounds