Are the words "won" and "one" pronounced the same?

Yes, at least in the US. There was a movie that I saw one time like 25 years ago about a band called the Wonders who initially spelled it the Oneders (one ders), and people kept mispronouncing their name as the “O-need-ers.”

Yes.

Yes

I’m from the north of England and pronounce “won” to rhyme with “bun”, and “one” to rhyme with “gone”

Maybe not in all dialects, but I’ve always heard them pronounced the same way where I live (USA)

In most countries, yes they are. When sad slower or individually from a sentence, you might notice a slight difference but in normal conversation they will be the same

It depends on your accent Where I am, no.

In American English, won is pronounced as [wɑn], like in bought or song, whereas one is pronounced [wʌn], like in bun.

Yes, depending on the accent but the difference is that, "won" is with more of a U sound in the middle whereas "one" is more of an O sound at the start. If you're at this stage of learning English, you probably speak it better than a lot of native English speakers already. Don't stress too much about it, okay?

Identical in Australia One-one was a racehorse Tutu was one too One-one won one race Tutu won one too

Yes, in American English they are the same.

Yes in any dialect I have heard of

From my mouth, no. “Won” rhymes with “gone” for me, while “one” rhymes with “gun.” But it varies from speaker to speaker, and from place to place.

In my accent, no. "One" rhymes with "sun" while "won" rhymes with "on". But I think accents like mine are in the minority.

Yes, they sound exactly the same. There's even a word for this quality: Homophones - two words that are spelled differently but sound identical. There are also "homonyms" which are spelled the same but pronounced differently: "read" - /ɹi:d/ - present tense of following a sequence of letters and decoding it into meaning and "read" - /ɹed/ - the past tense of the same. one and won are both pronounced /wʌn/

American English here, but I just realized I would pronounce "won" differently depending on the context. "I won the game" does sound like "one" for me. But not for something like "wonton" soup, I wouldn't say "onetun" but more like "whan-ton" in two distinct syllables.

yes

Most of the time yes, though there are a couple dialects where they aren't but normally they are

Are there people here saying they pronounce won (past tense of win) like the Spanish name Juan? Or…

Yes. The same.

In American English, yes

There are several different English accents.

In my accent \[East Yorkshire, north of England\], no; in other accents, yes

yes in western american english

they are homophones (the same) in canadian english.

Yes, unless you are talking about the Korean currency won. The South Korean "won" rhymes with "on" or "dawn"

Yeah they are pronounced the same

In Hawaii, we pronounce them differently. Won is stretched out, and one is shorter.

well, OP, you’ve unintentionally made a good example of how regional accents can vary wildly in english lol what you should take from this thread is if you pronounced them the same way, you would not be wrong. if you pronounced them differently, you still wouldn’t be necessarily wrong, but you would appear to have more of a specific regional accent

Yes

Yes. US Midwest.

Yes especially in standard American English. As an Iowan and native speaker I pronounce “won” and “one” exactly the same, as does every other person I know.

Personally? "One" is pronounced as [ˈwən] where as "won" is pronounced as [ˈwən] in most situations, but sometimes ['wan] if it's the ending word

Where I live, yes, unless you are talking about Korean won (money)

Here in the western U.S. "won" is pronounced "won." On the other hand, "one" is pronounced "one."

North West UK, no. * Won, tonne, done, sun: all rhyme. * One, con, gone, none: all rhyme.

Where I'm from in the midwest of the US, no. Won would be like "Won" "On" "Lawn" "Dawn" One would be like "One" "Nun" "Bun" "Sun"

I can’t believe there are so many comments on such a simple question with such a simple answer.

I think I say "won" like both "wun", quicker, and "won", like the Korean currency, when it's more drawn out. "Did he win?" "He wun." "Yes, he *won!"*

Maybe it’s just my dialect but one rhymes with sun while won rhymes with on

Ohio, USA. To me, they are the same.

i would sometimes hear baseball on the radio and the announcer would say something like “after six innings it’s new york three and boston one” and i’d think the announcer said “boston won.” because they’re pronounced exactly the same.

yes.

Kind of but it depends on accent. Won is pronounced wun One is pronounced won

South Eastern UK, I'd say they're the same.

I grew up in the west midlands (England) and for me they have a different vowel sound. Always used to surprise me when people from London or places like the US treat them like they sound the same for everyone.

No. At least not in my Lancashire accent. Won rhymes with gun, one rhymes with gone.

At least for me (American) when carefully pronounced, no. won /wɑn/ \~ one /wən/ But typically won gets pronounced like one when I'm normally speaking and don't need to make the distinction.

Based on Cambridge (usa), yes. Here is the phonetic transcription for both /wʌn/

You think some mind of intonation has to do with it? Like, subtly spme people would maybe make a distinguishable raise in pitch if they had to pronounce two homophones.

Not the same for me. Won is more like “wun” rhyming with bun and one rhymes with on

In the UK it would be; "won" (o pronounced like the u in the word duck) so "wun" One would be pronounced like "won" like the South Korean currency or like the o in the word "on". I'm in Yorkshire, this would be different down south. It would be a case of both words sounding basically the same. So really, it depends on the accent that the English speaker has. Edit: by down south I mean estuary accents basically.

Yes the same

Where I'm from native speakers can pronounce the two words "won" and "one" the same - but totally differently from each other, and another person will pronounce "won" and "one" differently - and no-one really cares as they are all correct.

As a Brit from Southern England, yes they’re the same in my accent. 

Northern Illinois here (not Chicago). I pronounce them differently. *Won* is w-awn while *one* is w-uhn.

lol Americans live in a country in which each state is like the size of the UK and are arguing about how “no, that’s not how we pronounce it in our state” there can be different accents in different part of a same state. Accents don’t care about borders. (And yes I’m talking about native speakers)

Yes, at least they are in my Midwestern US dialect.

I would imagine even in places where it's said differently, that difference is subtle enough a non-native speaker might not tell. In context I'm not sure tgere are maby times you should find it hard to know which is being used in any case.

It's dialect dependent. Different groups pronounce "one" differently (and presumably also "won".).

Brit here. For me, no. Won has is more of a uh sound. So w-uh-n. One is more like how won is spelt. Like w-on.

yes. when in doubt, check out their phonetic symbols in the dictionary.

In most dialects, yes.

Depends on accent. You can also add the word “wan” (pale and ill-looking) if you’re feeling brave. In my (South Wales) English, “won” and “one” are both pronounced the same, to rhyme with “sun”. “Wan” rhymes with “on”.

I thought you were talking about "won" like the Korean currency... that is pronounced differently, but in US English, "won" (the past tense of win) and "one" are the same, yes

In Australia they are the same.

In my Midwest American accent, yes they are the same

This is how I learned that apparently most people pronounce them the same -- I pronounce them differently, won rhyming with dawn and one rhyming with sun. From the mid-atlantic region of the US

usa. yes, but sometimes people put emphasis on the "w", but it is a negligible difference. context clues are your friend here

Yes

Yes

US, South Louisiana (not Cajun) Won rhymes with gone and lawn. One rhymes with done and gun. The two sets don’t rhyme with each other

Where I'm from in the southern US, yes.

Homophones in most dialects. However, "one" used to pair with "alone" instead.

If I compare  * You have won.  * You have one. I find myself making “won” a bit longer than “one”. 

Identical in the USA

Pronounced the same in the USA.

They are the same unless won refers to the Korean won currency. Then the vowel sound is elongated and sounds more like wan.

not sure if this is just a personal quirk or a regional dialect thing (canadian, specifically southern ontario) but for me, while they can sound similar in rapid speed, they have two distinct vowels in clear speech. One rhymes with "gun" (the STRUT vowel) and won has something like the vowel in "put" (the FOOT vowel but not exactly). The reason I think it might be a personal quirk is because I cant think of any words that rhyme with won, so for some reason the nasal has coloured that vowel in an odd way for me.

East Midlands UK, they do not rhyme for me. Won rhymes with done, one rhymes with on.

Yes

I don’t, I pronounce won where it rhymes with lawn, fawn, pawn etc and I pronounce one where it rhymes with fun, pun, sun etc

Mr Won won one wonton

Yes

One really wonders which one won.

In most dialects, yes. Some people will pronounce “won” with a short o, so that it rhymes with John. I’ve never heard the number pronounced as anything other than “wun”.

Yes

Yes

In California English, they’re the same.

In the US the are pronounced the same (unless you are talking about Korean won - the currency.)

In every American accent I am familiar with (too many to list), they are pronounced the same. Context tells us which word is which. I won the game. We only played one time. My friend and I played the game twice. We each won one game. I won one and he won one. Our choices for how to say this might not use these words, but they are correct, and a native speaker would have no difficulty with meaning.

Please be careful. The word for victory is not pronounced the same as the South Korean currency.

In my American accent, it’s something like \[ʍʌn\]/\[wʌn\]. I don’t have the *whine/wine* merger. Other minimal pairs are *winned*/*wind* and *which/witch*. More obscure: *whey/way* and *where woof/werewolf*. *Would/wood* is similar too, but I haven’t completely merged the vowels.

In America, yes

southern us here…same  

Mid-western here, and yes.

American here, and yes, they’re homophones to me.

I'm not aware of an accent or dialect of english where they aren't, honestly.

I won one.

In America it’s the same!

In my accent, one sounds more like 'wun', as opposed to 'won'. Also, Pete Holmes has a cute home about someone telling his friend Juan that they won a game.

"Won" and "one" are an example of what are called "homophones"! Many words in English are spelled completely differently yet are pronounced the same way. That's the case for these two!

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but won has a bit of a... "wan"... feel to the pronounciation. While I pronounce one like "wun". Though dialect is such a thing that people have identified where I live by the way I talk so I dunno.

Close but not quite in my accent (Mississippi). Won is a little longer than one. Only slightly.

Everyone’s saying in specific dialects but yes in all dialects they are pronounced the same

No, the vowels are different. The “o” in “won” sounds more like the “u” in “bun” or “pun”. “One” rhymes with “gone”.