How To Pronounce Prevail

In British English, prevail is pronounced /prɪˈveɪl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pr̥ɪˈveɪɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /prɪˈveɪl/.

Prevail has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.