How To Pronounce Vocal

In British English, vocal is pronounced /ˈvəʊ.kəl/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈvəʊ.kl̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈvoʊ.kəl/.

Vocal has two 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.