How To Pronounce Jessica

In British English, Jessica is pronounced /ˈdʒes.ɪ.kə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈdʒes.ɪ.kə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈdʒes.ɪ.kə/.

Jessica has three 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.