How To Pronounce Decrease

The stress in decrease moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈdiː.kriːs/ in British English and /ˈdiː.kriːs/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “a decrease”.

Verb. It is /dɪˈkriːs/ in British English and /dɪˈkriːs/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “to decrease”.

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.