How To Pronounce Greatness

In British English, greatness is pronounced /ˈɡreɪt.nəs/ or /ˈɡreɪt.nɪs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɡreɪt.nəs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɡreɪt.nəs/.

Greatness 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.