How To Pronounce Disappoint

In British English, disappoint is pronounced /ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌdɪs.əˈpʰʷɔɪ̃nt̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt/.

Disappoint has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.