How To Pronounce Ikea

In British English, Ikea is pronounced /aɪˈkiː.ə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [aɪˈkʰiː.ə]. In American English, it is pronounced /aɪˈkiː.ə/.

Ikea has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.