How To Pronounce Perception

In British English, perception is pronounced /pəˈsep.ʃən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [pəˈsep.ʃn̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /pərˈsep.ʃən/.

Perception has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

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.