How To Pronounce Constable

In British English, constable is pronounced /ˈkʌn.stə.bəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰʌ̃n.stə.bl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkɑːn.stə.bəl/.

Constable has three 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.