How To Pronounce Closet

In British English, closet is pronounced /ˈklɒz.ɪt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkl̥ʷɒz.ɪt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈklɑːz.ɪt/.

Closet has two 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.