--- title: "How to pronounce finance | Murmur" description: "Finance has three CMUdict readings: fuh-NANS, fih-NANS and FY-nans, which move the stress between syllables." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/finance" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/finance Pronunciation · Work and business # How to pronounce finance Finance has three CMUdict readings: fuh-NANS, fih-NANS and FY-nans, which move the stress between syllables. [Buy $49](https://murmur-licenses.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/checkout)[Download free for Apple Silicon (3-day Pro trial)](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/latest)Intel Mac? [Download here](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/intel).Not sure? Apple menu > About This Mac shows your chip. Free plan with Kokoro voices, 3,000 characters a day · 3-day Pro trial, then $49 once ## The dictionary sound sequence CMUdict lists these 3 North American English pronunciations for **finance**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `F AH0 N AE1 N S` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 2nd vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `F IH0 N AE1 N S` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 2nd vowel position Dictionary variant 3 `F AY1 N AE2 N S` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 1st vowel position **Secondary stress** 2nd vowel position [Check finance in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finance). Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context. ## Use finance in context Business podcasts, bank ads and explainer videos use finance constantly, both as a noun and a verb. CMUdict lists two forms with stress on the second syllable and a reduced first vowel, plus one with stress on "FY". Choosing one, especially across a long series, keeps the delivery steady. 1. She moved from marketing into finance last year. 2. The company plans to finance the expansion with savings. ### A practice cue Decide whether the stress falls on the first or second syllable, then use that pattern everywhere. Read a sentence that uses it as a verb to confirm the choice still sounds natural. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of finance. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the [CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/Papers/MastersThesis.pdf#page=115). `F`sound in **fee**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`AE`sound in **at**vowel`S`sound in **sea**consonant`IH`sound in **it**vowel`AY`sound in **hide**vowel Take it to your next recording ## Make an audition worksheet Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. The two original sentences retain their normal spelling; this worksheet helps you review a recording rather than forcing a speech engine to use phonemes. Copying and downloading happen in your browser. No script upload or audio generation is needed. ## Dictionary source The phonemes on this page come from [CMU Pronouncing Dictionary](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/cmudict.dict). The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters. 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