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.