How To Pronounce Superior

In British English, superior is pronounced /suːˈpɪə.ri.ə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [sʷuːˈpʰɪə.ri.ə]. In American English, it is pronounced /suːˈpɪr.i.ər/.

Superior has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.