How To Pronounce Dozen

In British English, dozen is pronounced /ˈdʌz.ən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʌz.n̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdʌz.ən/.

Dozen has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.