How To Pronounce Status

In British English, status is pronounced /ˈsteɪ.təs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsteɪ.təs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsteɪ.t̯əs/.

Status 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.