How To Pronounce Ankle

In British English, ankle is pronounced /ˈæŋ.kəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈæ̃ŋ.kl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈæŋ.kəl/.

Ankle has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

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.