1 syllable: "BAYT". Test your pronunciation on words that have sound similarities with 'bait': bate · beit · bade · baht · baits ... for English▼•Arabic•Chinese•Dutch•English•French•German•Greek•Hebrew•Italian•Japanese•Korean•Polish•Portuguese•Russian•Spanish•Turkish•SignLanguagesSayit!AllUSUKAUSHowtopronouncebaitinEnglish(1outof2749):Speed:arrow_drop_downnormalarrow_drop_upvertical_align_topvideo_labelemoji_objectsnavigate_beforenavigate_next▼▲↻↻Uו••[Feedback][Share][Save][YouTube][G.TranslateB.TranslateDeepLReverso▼]GoogleTranslateBingTranslateDeepLReversoNearbywords:Youmaywanttoimproveyourpronunciationof''bait''bysayingoneofthenearbywordsbelow:bailbaileybailoutbairdbailoutsbailedbainbailingbaitsbaitingbaitedbailliebairbaidubaikonurbaibaikalbaitfishbaileebailiwickbainbridgebainesbailiffbaierbaitingerbailsbaigelmanbailorbaileysPhonetic:WhenyoubegintospeakEnglish,it'sessentialtogetusedtothecommonsoundsofthelanguage,andthebestwaytodothisistocheckoutthephonetics.BelowistheUKtranscriptionfor'bait':ModernIPA:bɛ́jtTraditionalIPA:beɪt1syllable:"BAYT"Testyourpronunciationonwordsthathavesoundsimilaritieswith'bait':batebeitbadebahtbaitsbaitybakedbasedbastebatbatesbateybattbatybayedbeatbeattybeautbeetbetbetabettbhattTipstoimproveyourEnglishpronunciation:Hereare4tipsthatshouldhelpyouperfectyourpronunciationof'bait':Break'bait'downintosounds:[BAYT]-sayitoutloudandexaggeratethesoundsuntilyoucanconsistentlyproducethem.Recordyourselfsaying'bait'infullsentences,thenwatchyourselfandlisten.You'llbeabletomarkyourmistakesquiteeasily.LookuptutorialsonYoutubeonhowtopronounce'bait'.Focusononeaccent:mixingmultipleaccentscangetreallyconfusingespeciallyforbeginners,sopickoneaccent(USorUK)andsticktoit.TofurtherimproveyourEnglishpronunciation,wesuggestyoudothefollowing:workonword/sentencereduction:insomecountries,reducingwordsandsentencescanbeseenasinformalbutintheUnitedStates,it'scompletelynormalandpartofeverydayconversation(eg:whatareyougoingtodothisweekend→whatyougonnadothisweekend).Clickg