How To Pronounce Wisdom

In British English, wisdom is pronounced /ˈwɪz.dəm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈwɪz.də̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈwɪz.dəm/.

Wisdom has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

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.