How to pronounce barren in American English
“barren” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to barren the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “barren” in: all accents · British English (50 clips)
“barren” in real sentences — American speakers
90 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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past to the to the dry, somewhat barren plan- barren planet we see today.
NASA
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His public schedule is fairly barren.
The Obama White House
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a soccer field with barren soil.
CDC
Words that sound like “barren”
Words one sound away from barren — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of barren. 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.