How To Pronounce Sponsor

In British English, sponsor is pronounced /ˈspɒn.sə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈspʷɒ̃n.səʴ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈspɑːn.sər/.

Sponsor 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.