How to pronounce 'hundred'?

Hun jred 

I say hunjrud

I pronounce it like "hundrid". I've heard other pronunciations (usually in fast speech) like "hunnid", "hundid", "hunnerd", and "hunderd". I recall an old TV commercial from the early 80s that pronounced it "hunt-red". I thought that was weird.

Yea, everything involving an 'r' has huge dialectal variation. It also involves a consonant cluster. In "hundred," there's a consonant followed by a consonant on a syllable boundary, so in dialects that sometimes elide unstressed consonants and/or are non-rhotic, that becomes just a geminated (doubled) 'n'. In my dialect, there's a glottal stop to separate the 'n' and 'd', and 'jred' is nearly indistinguishable from 'dred' after a glottal stop. I often don't pronounce the alveoral stop before the 'j' sound, just the voiced alveolar fricative('j'), when I'm being in formal. (All my word-final ds and ts become glottal stops informally, too.) I think the only thing I could call INcorrect would be something like hu'ned with no 'n' on the first syllable. EDIT: "my dialect" is "General American" when I'm being formal, Southern Idaho/Nevada/Utah/drunk ex-Mormon when I'm being informal.

Depends where you come from, mate; there's a hundred different ways. Don't worry about it; if people can understand, it's fine. https://www.tiktok.com/@eric_ernie_archive/video/7274473456664579361?lang=en

Depending on accents and the speed at which someone is talking it can sound more like 'hunnid', but the correct pronunciation is 'hunjred'.

the vast majority of native speakers will say it (hunjred) if asked to anunciate and speak slowly. but in actual use hunnid, hunnerd, and even hunni' with a glottal stop at the end - and variations of all three - are all very common. a lot of native speakers are not even aware of how they pronounce words because they just speak naturally without paying attention. It's only linguists and language teachers who study these things. the letter d will often sound like a (j) when followed by a u or r and then a vowel. examples include individual, schedule, gradual, - and also draw, drain, drink, android, adroit, soldier, educate, assiduous. the name Andrew is often pronouned (æn-jru)

I say "hun-drid." Fwiw, I'm from Michigan in the U.S.

Hundred is pronounced /ˈhʌndrəd/ The two vowels are the same for most English speakers these days, though in careful speech we can detect slight positioning differences between the two. It's the same vowel in "fun". In careful speech, some might switch the last vowel to /ɪ/ or even /ɛ/ but really it's a schwa. In faster speech, the /d/ get palatalized because of the /r/ (i.e. the articulation is slightly farther back making the /dʒ/ sound you're hearing. Beyond that, different dialects make further modifications. In my native dialect, it sounds more like "hun-erd" or /ˈhʌnərd/. But there are other possibilities.

I pronounce it hunjred but some dialects pronounce it "hunnid"

Hunjrid is how it’s said where I live.

The funny thing is that I read all of these pronunciations, and I can totally hear people using each one. I personally use the first one you listed (I'm from the Northeast, \[Upstate New York\])

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Honestly hunjred is so close to hundred it could pass. If I'm speaking for a presentation then I say hundred but if I'm speaking informally to friends it's more like hunnid

I like Youglish for these types of questions. It offers video clips of different people and accents saying the word you want to hear. https://youglish.com/pronounce/hundred/english Hundred is a word with lots of options for pronunciation so I wouldn’t get too stuck on it. Casually I’ve definitely said “hundid” and while teaching I’ve absolutely said “huhn-dred”. Have heard it as hunnert, hundjred, and others. Just depends where you are and who you’re talking to and the context. Focus on the pronunciation that makes how you say it most inteligible to other people and practice that version.

For me: Hun-jrid

I grew up in the South USA and heard it as both ‘hunned’ and ‘hundred’ so really it’s just regional differences- you’ll find that’s one of the words that accents tend to pick up on, at least in my experience

i’d pronounce it “hun-drud” (uk speaker) but it’s very different by dialect tbh

I'm from southern England and I would say either hunjred or hund-rood

“Hunjrid” Northeast USA

HUNJ-rid

Accents all over the US are different. When I open my mouth I am immediately tagged as NJ. In Florida it is also different and you can spot their accent too. We would say Hundirt

If you're being technical the first syllable rhymes with bun and the second syllable sounds like the word "dread" That said, when speaking quickly or in certain accents/dialects, it can sound like "hun-ned" or "hunjred" Those are regional/informal pronunciations.

hun-dred

Hund-red would be the traditional breakdown, but regional dialects will say it the other ways you're hearing.

He's pronouncing it lazy. It's Hun-DRED. He's just saying it fast "hudid" and it even sounds like he's throwing some kind of bump into it like a tongue roll or something (I don't know linguistic terms). It's not "correct," but that's how some people talk, especially if they are influenced by AAVE. It is very common, especially among young people.

[https://youtu.be/gsbZ3KX2CR8?si=WlvO1irreVtCanxp&t=27](https://youtu.be/gsbZ3KX2CR8?si=WlvO1irreVtCanxp&t=27)

Hun dred/dread, but some either in a hurry, or with certain regional dialects might pronounce it "hunnurd". That's also the more common pronunciation for people with a lower educational level.

My advice would be pick the example you best comprehend as a non-native speaker and copy it. Logic would suggest that you've probably immersed yourself mostly in learning material that makes an effort to emphasise the words with 'proper' (or at least clear) pronunciation. It's a mistake to presume that all native speakers understand each other perfectly (or even like each others accents) there are so many international and regional accents, slang words and expressions. You want to be understood not only by native speakers anywhere English is the first language, but also by other non-native speakers for whom it's a common second langauage, so keep it simple and stick with HUN-DRED.

In my region it's usually something like "hunderd" or "hunnert" (with unreleased final stops).