How To Pronounce Clothing

In British English, clothing is pronounced /ˈkləʊ.ðɪŋ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkl̥əʊ.ðɪ̃ŋ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkloʊ.ðɪŋ/.

Clothing 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.