English pronunciation
How to pronounce “yesterday”
Phonetic spelling
YES-ter-day
IPA /ˈjɛstɝˌdeɪ/
Syllable stress
yes·ter·day
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
How do you spell “yesterday”?
y e s t e r d a y
“yesterday” is spelled Y-E-S-T-E-R-D-A-Y. It is pronounced YES-ter-day, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.
Hear it in a sentence
I saw him yesterday at the park.
Yesterday was my birthday.