How to pronounce alien in American English
“alien” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to alien the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “alien” in: all accents · British English (100 clips)
“alien” in real sentences — American speakers
675 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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But finding these planets, what we call exoplanets, planets orbiting other stars, alien worlds orbiting alien
NIST
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As part of the process the Immigration and Naturalization Service began issuing each alien an alien
US National Archives
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alien designated pursuant to the order.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “alien”
Words one sound away from alien — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “alien”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of alien. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.