How To Pronounce Spectrum

In British English, spectrum is pronounced /ˈspek.trəm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈspek.tr̥ə̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈspek.trəm/.

Spectrum 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.