How to pronounce arch in American English
“arch” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to arch the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “arch” in: all accents · British English (83 clips)
“arch” in real sentences — American speakers
157 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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their different pharyngeal arch structures.
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plate arch on precast concrete footings.
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Our arch rival was Booker T.
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Words that sound like “arch”
Words one sound away from arch — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “arch”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of arch. 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.