How to Pronounce “percent

word

/pɝˈsɛnt/
pur-SENT
/pəsˈɛnt/
puh-SENT

IPA Transcription

American English

/pɝˈsɛnt/

British English

/pəsˈɛnt/

Simplified Pronunciation

US

pur-SENT

UK

puh-SENT

Listen in Context

Only ten percent of the class was absent today.

The store is giving twenty percent off all shoes.

Our sales went up by five percent this month.

I’m almost done—just one percent left to charge.