How To Pronounce Ritual

In British English, ritual is pronounced /ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈrɪtʃʷ.u.əɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl/.

Ritual has three 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.