How To Pronounce Sermon

In British English, sermon is pronounced /ˈsɜː.mən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsɜːʴ.mə̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsɜːr.mən/.

Sermon has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

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.