How To Pronounce Toilet
toilet
UK
Phonemic
/ˈtɔɪ.lət/
Phonetic
[ˈtʰʷɔɪ.lət̚]
US
Phonemic
/ˈtɔɪ.lət/
In British English, toilet is pronounced /ˈtɔɪ.lət/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈtʰʷɔɪ.lət̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈtɔɪ.lət/.
Toilet 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.
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