How To Pronounce Complain

In British English, complain is pronounced /kəmˈpleɪn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kə̃mˈpl̥eɪ̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /kəmˈpleɪn/.

Complain has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.