How To Pronounce Interest

In British English, interest is pronounced /ˈɪn.trəst/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɪ̃n.tr̥əst̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɪn.trəst/.

Interest 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.