How To Pronounce Hundred
hundred
UK
Phonemic
/ˈhʌn.drəd/
Phonetic
[ˈhʌ̃n.drəd̚]
US
Phonemic
/ˈhʌn.drəd/
In British English, hundred is pronounced /ˈhʌn.drəd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈhʌ̃n.drəd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈhʌn.drəd/.
Hundred has two 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.
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