How To Pronounce Spotify

In British English, Spotify is pronounced /ˈspɒt.ɪ.faɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈspʷɒt.ɪ.faɪ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈspɑːt.ə.faɪ/.

Spotify has three 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.