How To Pronounce Guarantee

In British English, guarantee is pronounced /ˌɡær.ənˈtiː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌɡær.ə̃nˈtʰiː]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌɡer.ənˈtiː/.

Guarantee has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.