How To Pronounce Fairness

In British English, fairness is pronounced /ˈfeə.nəs/ or /ˈfeə.nɪs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈfeəʴ.nəs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈfer.nəs/.

Fairness has two 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.