How To Pronounce Consistent

In British English, consistent is pronounced /kənˈsɪs.tənt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [kə̃nˈsɪs.tə̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /kənˈsɪs.tənt/.

Consistent has three 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.