How To Pronounce Influence

In British English, influence is pronounced /ˈɪn.flu.əns/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɪ̃n.fl̥ʷu.ə̃ns]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɪn.flu.əns/.

Influence 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.