How To Pronounce Hypothesis

In British English, hypothesis is pronounced /haɪˈpɒθ.ə.sɪs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [haɪˈpʰʷɒθ.ə.sɪs]. In American English, it is pronounced /haɪˈpɑːθ.ə.sɪs/.

Hypothesis has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.