How To Pronounce Overcome

In British English, overcome is pronounced /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌəʊ.vəˈkʰʌ̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌoʊ.vərˈkʌm/.

Overcome has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.