How To Pronounce Chemical

In British English, chemical is pronounced /ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰẽm.ɪ.kl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/.

Chemical has three 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.