IPA Transcription of "distinction" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “distinction” is /dɪsˈtɪŋkʃən/.

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/dəˈstɪŋkʃən/
English (Australia)/dəsˈtɪŋkʃən/
English (United Kingdom)/dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/
English (United Kingdom)/dɪˈstɪŋkʃn/

Similar Pronunciations

/dɪsfʌŋkʃən/1

/dɪstɪŋkʃənz/1

/ɪkstɪŋkʃən/1

/ɪntɪŋkʃən/1

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  • DistinctionWikimedia disambiguation page
  • distinctionfundamental philosophical abstraction; the recognition of difference
  • distinctiona figure of speech through which the act of cognition is designated, reflecting the objective difference between real objects and elements of consciousness; In formal logic, one of the logical devices that can be used instead of defining

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