Common English words with the "ay (day)" sound (IPA eɪ)

Common English words with this sound

ay (day)

A CEFR-graded selection of the most common words that include this phoneme, sorted by learner level (A1 first). Both GA and RP shown when they differ. Tap Listen for audio.

Word GA RP Level Listen
A /eɪ/ A1
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A1
age /eɪdʒ/ A1
always /ˈɑlˌweɪz/ /ˈɔːlˌweɪz/ A1
april /ˈeɪprəl/ A1
apron /ˈeɪprən/ A1
ate /eɪt/ A1
awake /əˈweɪk/ A1
away /əˈweɪ/ A1
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1
baseball /ˈbeɪsˌbɑl/ /ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl/ A1
became /bɪˈkeɪm/ A1
birthday /ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/ /ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ/ A1
brain /breɪn/ A1
break /breɪk/ A1
cake /keɪk/ A1
came /keɪm/ A1
case /keɪs/ A1
celebrate /ˈsɛləˌbreɪt/ /ˈseləˌbreɪt/ A1
celebration /ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃən/ /ˌseləˈbreɪʃən/ A1

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