How To Pronounce Handle

In British English, handle is pronounced /ˈhæn.dəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈhæ̃n.dl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈhæn.dəl/.

Handle 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.