How To Pronounce Reputation

In British English, reputation is pronounced /ˌrep.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌrep.jʷʊˈtʰeɪ.ʃn̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌrep.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/.

Reputation has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the third 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.