How To Pronounce Crocodile

In British English, crocodile is pronounced /ˈkrɒk.ə.daɪl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkr̥ʷɒk.ə.daɪɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkrɑːk.ə.daɪl/.

Crocodile 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.