How To Pronounce Rapid

In British English, rapid is pronounced /ˈræp.ɪd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈræp.ɪd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈræp.ɪd/.

Rapid has two 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.