How To Pronounce Vocabulary

In British English, vocabulary is pronounced /vəˈkæb.jʊ.lə.ri/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [vəˈkʰæb.jʷʊ.lə.ri]. In American English, it is pronounced /voʊˈkæb.jə.ler.i/.

Vocabulary has five 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.