How to pronounce “isle” and “aisle”?

They are pronounced the same, just like "I'll".

1. I really think you should learn the IPA. I have a pretty good guess of what you're trying to say, but in general these kinds of ad-hoc phonetic transcriptions get a LOT wrong. The IPA is much easier than it seems. 2. *Isle* and *aisle* (and also *I'll*) are all pronounced the same, usually as /ail/ or /aiəl/. In my dialect, Southern British English, /aiəl/ is most prevalent. Most speakers treat the vowel sequence /aiə/ as a triphthong (i.e., a single-syllable combination of three sounds).

native speakers will vary a bit, but the most common one in US English seems to be the first one: “AYE-l”(emphasis on the first syllable) if you hear a speaker from the US South, though, it’ll often be closer to “ahl.”

As a Canadian i don’t pronounce them differently. EYE-UHL

For me, exactly the same. Northern England. /ʌɪl/ Of course, it varies massively by region.

Honestly this is a homophone as far as I’m concerned. Along with the contraction “ I’ll “ But I think you’ll hear… Eye-L = aisle Eye-yuhl = Isle We have an Isle of Wight County in Virginia and a southern accent will definitely draw out the “yuhl”

I disagree that isle and aisle are the same as "I'll." "I'll" is a single syllable and subject to raising in most North American dialects. Isle and aisle are two syllables, and are never raised in North American dialects.

The same.

Eye-lll

Native speaker from Texas. I mostly agree with those saying they are both pronounced the same as I'll, except that it is generally more clear and intentional for "isle" and "aisle" to have two syllables. Sometimes as part of a sentence "I'll" can be pronounced with only one syllable or in such a way that the second syllable is very subtle.

I say “I’ll, aisle, isle” the exact same way.

Se pronuncian igual (/aɪ̯l/

As a native speaker of U.S. English on the West Coast, [m-w.com](http://m-w.com) is telling me I pronounce *isle*, *aisle*, and *I'll* identically \['ī-(ə)l\], with an alternate pronunciation for the last one \[ˈäl\] (rhymes with *pall*).\* But after listening to myself say it a few times, I think I'm pronouncing it \['al\] (rhymes with *pal*). If I've been saying it wrong all these years, no one has corrected me. As for *isle* and *aisle*, I think I lean toward saying them as two syllable words but with a very de-emphasized second syllable. Is there such a thing as 1 1/2 syllables? \*This source does not use International Phonetic Alphabet. [https://merriam-webster.com/assets/mw/static/pdf/help/guide-to-pronunciation.pdf](https://merriam-webster.com/assets/mw/static/pdf/help/guide-to-pronunciation.pdf)

I think it depends on the region. I’m from coastal Texas. To me, aisle and isle are both pronounced with two syllables like aye-uhl. This is different than how I pronounce “I’ll” which to me is one syllable and sounds like something between “ull” and “all”.

The same. However you pronounce one, that’s how you say the other.

Eye-all, but said as one syllable. Very similar to I'll. Both aisle and isle are said the same way. Aisle is like, the space between shelves in stores that you walk down. An isle is a small island, often a few of them. If there's a bunch of little islands, those are typically called an archipelago.

The answer totally depends on the speaker’s accent. All are common pronunciations.

The same

It should be said that island is rarely shortened to isle. In my experience, isle is only used in fixed names or fixed phrases, like the Isle of Man. Anyway, you'd pronounce it like I'll. Ah-ee-ell. [Insert IPA here]

Pronounced exactly the same.

Why in English you can’t pronounce it the way it’s written or write it the way it’s pronounced? 😢

Eye-ull

Some people are saying they pronounce 'I'll' as 'all', so to avoid that confusion, I would say that both words are pronounced "i-all' in one syllable.

The first one, eye + L

Like “tile” minus the t.

Native speaker here. Maybe there are regional differences but I disagree with those saying these are pronounced the same as “I’ll”. Agree that isle and aisle are pronounced the same but I think they are both spoken as two-syllable words. Like “ay-ul”. “I‘ll” is pronounced with a single syllable—like “ayl”

Like "Isla Fisher" but without the "a"