How To Pronounce Reject

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

Noun. It is /ˈriː.dʒekt/ in British English and /ˈriː.dʒekt/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “a reject”.

Verb. It is /rɪˈdʒekt/ in British English and /rɪˈdʒekt/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “to reject”.

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.