How To Pronounce Variety

In British English, variety is pronounced /vəˈraɪ.ə.ti/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [vəˈraɪ.ə.ti]. In American English, it is pronounced /vəˈraɪ.ə.t̯i/.

Variety 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.