How To Pronounce Episode

In British English, episode is pronounced /ˈep.ɪ.səʊd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈep.ɪ.səʊd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈep.ə.soʊd/.

Episode 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.