How many speech sounds the word sculpture?

Let's break down the word "sculpture" to count the speech sounds:

* S - 1 sound

* C - 1 sound (the "c" makes an "s" sound here)

* U - 1 sound

* L - 1 sound

* P - 1 sound

* T - 1 sound

* U - 1 sound

* R - 1 sound

* E - 1 sound

Adding those together, the word "sculpture" has 9 speech sounds.