How To Pronounce Accountant

In British English, accountant is pronounced /əˈkaʊn.tənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈkʰaʊ̃n.tə̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /əˈkaʊn.t̯ənt/.

Accountant has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.