How To Pronounce Apple

In British English, apple is pronounced /ˈæp.əl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈæp.l̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈæp.əl/.

Apple 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.