How to pronounce percentile
American English pronunciation
pur-SEN-tyle
- IPA
- /pɚˈsɛntaɪl/
- Syllables
- pur · SEN · tyle (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What percentile means
A rank showing what percent of scores fall below yours
In a sentence: Her test score was in the ninetieth percentile, higher than most of her class.
Where it comes from: The scientist Francis Galton made it from percent and the ending -ile.
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