How To Pronounce Delete

In British English, delete is pronounced /dɪˈliːt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dɪˈliːt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /dɪˈliːt/.

Delete has two 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.