English pronunciation
How to pronounce “isle”
Phonetic spelling
EYEL
IPA /ˈaɪɫ/
Syllable stress
eyel
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
How do you spell “isle”?
i s l e
“isle” is spelled I-S-L-E. It is pronounced EYEL, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.
Hear it in a sentence
The boat took us to a small tropical isle.
She dreamed of living on a deserted isle.