Bettinger is a surname that is pronounced as 'bet-in-ger'. The IPA phonetic transcription for this word is /ˈbɛt.ɪŋ.ər/. The 'b' is pronounced as a voiced bilabial stop, followed by an 'e' sound that is pronounced as a short vowel. The 't' is pronounced as an unvoiced alveolar stop, followed by an 'i' sound that is pronounced as a short vowel. The 'ng' is pronounced as a consonant cluster, followed by an 'ə' sound that is pronounced as a schwa vowel, and finally, the 'r' is pronounced as a voiced alveolar approximant.