How To Pronounce Accurate

In British English, accurate is pronounced /ˈæk.jə.rət/ or /ˈæk.jə.rɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈæk.jə.rət̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈæk.jər.ət/.

Accurate has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.