How To Pronounce Prospect

The stress in prospect moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈprɒs.pekt/ in British English and /ˈprɑː.spekt/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “a prospect”.

Verb. It is /prəˈspekt/ in British English and /ˈprɑː.spekt/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “to prospect”.

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.