How many phonemes are in the word answer?

Answer 1

This depends on the country and region.

In American English, wherever there is a strong rhotic accent, there are five distinct speech sounds - a / n / s / e / r. The 'w' does not produce any sound.

However, in non-rhotic accents such as Australian English, for example, there are just four, as the "r" is not emphasised, and the final two letters from a schwa, or unstressed syllable. The phonemes, or actual speech sounds, are a / n / s / uh.

Answer 2

There are four phonemes in the word "answer": /æ/ /n/ /s/ /ər/.