How To Pronounce Govern

In British English, govern is pronounced /ˈɡʌv.ən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɡʌv.n̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɡʌv.ərn/.

Govern 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.