How To Pronounce Software

In British English, software is pronounced /ˈsɒft.weə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsʷɒftʷ.weəʴ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsɔːft.wer/.

Software 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.