Plural morpheme pronounciation

[s]

Voiceless sounds that cause the plural s to be pronounced as [s] include:

[p], [t], [k], [f]

Example

weeks [wiyks]

bits [bts]

backs [bks]

briefs [briyfs]

[z]

Voiced sounds that cause the plural s to be pronounced as [z] include:

[b], [d], [g], [l], [r], [w], [m], [n], [v], [y]

Example

webs [wbz]

beds [bdz]

bags [bgz]

bells [blz]

jars [jrz]

canoes [kNUWZ] | (note the [uw] vowel sound ends in a [w])

straws [strwz]

limbs [lmz]
 fans [fnz]

doves [dvz]

delays [dLeYZ]

[z]

The sounds that cause the plural s to be pronounced with an additional syllable [z]
include:

[t] [d] [s] [z]

Example

watches [WA tz]

bridges [BR dz]

judges [d dz]

slices [SlAiY sz]

blazes [BLeY zz]