How To Pronounce Usual

In British English, usual is pronounced /ˈjuː.ʒu.əl/ or /ˈjuː.ʒəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈjʷuː.ʒʷu.əɫ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈjuː.ʒu.əl/.

Usual has three 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.