How To Pronounce Bob

In British English, Bob is pronounced /bɒb/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bʷɒb̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /bɑːb/.

Bob has one 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.