How To Pronounce Washington

In British English, Washington is pronounced /ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ.tən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈwɒʃ.ɪ̃ŋ.tn̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈwɑː.ʃɪŋ.tən/.

Washington 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.