How To Pronounce Corporal

In British English, corporal is pronounced /ˈkɔː.pər.əl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʰʷɔːʴ.pər.əɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkɔːr.pər.əl/.

Corporal 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.