How To Pronounce Jacob

In British English, Jacob is pronounced /ˈdʒeɪ.kəb/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʒeɪ.kəb̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdʒeɪ.kəb/.

Jacob 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.