English pronunciation
How to pronounce “sufficient”
Phonetic spelling
suh-FISH-uhnt
IPA /səˈfɪʃənt/
Syllable stress
suh·fish·uhnt
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
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s u f f i c i e n t
“sufficient” is spelled S-U-F-F-I-C-I-E-N-T. It is pronounced suh-FISH-uhnt, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.
Hear it in a sentence
Do we have sufficient time to finish this project?
Her explanation was not sufficient to convince me.