How to pronounce auction in American English
“auction” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to auction the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “auction” in: all accents · British English (259 clips)
“auction” in real sentences — American speakers
195 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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You can auction, you can conduct an auction.
FEMA
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auction of artwork, original artwork.
The Obama White House
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On Treasury settlement auction days.
Federal Reserve
Words that sound like “auction”
Words one sound away from auction — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “auction”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of auction. 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.