How to pronounce “console”
“console” is said two ways
/ˈkɑnsoʊl/
KAHN-sohl
The panel or the games machine. Beat on KAHN.
/kənˈsoʊl/
kuhn-SOHL
To comfort someone. Beat on SOHL.
Listen for the beat, not the letters
One syllable gets longer, louder and a step higher, and the other one collapses towards a schwa. Say the whole sentence rather than the word on its own and let the grammar pull the beat where it belongs.Both forms live in one sentence here: “Nothing could console him after the console stopped working.”Each button plays a short phrase rather than the bare word: the model voice takes its stress from the words around it, so asking it for “console” on its own would play one reading twice instead of the noun and the verb. Read the transcription as you listen.
Say “console” in 2 beats
console
/ˈkɑnsoʊl/
Everything in this card describes the noun form. As a verb it is /kənˈsoʊl/.
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ˈkɒnsəʊl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- kɑnkɑnstress
- soʊlsoʊl
- IPA (American)
- /ˈkɑnsoʊl/
- IPA (British)
- /ˈkɒnsəʊl/
- Respelling
- KAHN-sohl (noun) · kuhn-SOHL (verb)
- Syllables
- 2 — KⱭN-soʊl
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: KⱭN-soʊl. “kɑn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
This is the noun form in two accents — a separate question from the two pronunciations above, which are the same accent saying two different words.
/ˈkɑnsoʊl/
/ˈkɒnsəʊl/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
Where “console” goes wrong
- Often heard
“KAHN-sohl a friend”
comforting someone is kuhn-SOHL; KAHN-sohl is the machine
What “console” means
- noun
a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
- noun
a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)
- noun
an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
“the bust of Napoleon stood on a console”
Say it in a sentence
“Nothing could console him after the console stopped working.”“console”, answered
How do you pronounce “console”?
“console” has two pronunciations: /ˈkɑnsoʊl/ as a noun and /kənˈsoʊl/ as a verb — the part of speech decides which. The spelling never changes; the beat does, and the vowels reshape around wherever it lands. The transcription and syllable breakdown below describe the noun form. Build it as KⱭN-soʊl, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “console” have?
2: kɑn · soʊl. The beat lands on the first, “kɑn”.
Which pronunciation of “console” is correct?
Both are. /ˈkɑnsoʊl/ (KAHN-sohl) as a noun; /kənˈsoʊl/ (kuhn-SOHL) as a verb. Nothing about the spelling tells you which — the sentence does. Move the beat and the word changes its job mid-sentence, which is why both are worth drilling. Both appear here: “Nothing could console him after the console stopped working.”
Is “console” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈkɑnsoʊl/ (KAHN-sohl); British English says /ˈkɒnsəʊl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “console” mean?
As a noun: a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall For example: “Nothing could console him after the console stopped working.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “console”?
Stress the first syllable: KⱭN-soʊl. “kɑn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “console” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.