How To Pronounce Various

In British English, various is pronounced /ˈveə.ri.əs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈveə.ri.əs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈver.i.əs/.

Various has three 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.