How To Pronounce Popular

In British English, popular is pronounced /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈpʰʷɒp.jʷʊ.ləʴ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈpɑː.pjə.lər/.

Popular has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first 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.