How To Pronounce Agency

In British English, agency is pronounced /ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈeɪ.dʒə̃n.si]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/.

Agency has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.