How To Pronounce Exam

In British English, exam is pronounced /ɪɡˈzæm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪɡˈzæ̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪɡˈzæm/.

Exam 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.