How to pronounce captain in American English
“captain” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to captain the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “captain” in: all accents · British English (233 clips)
“captain” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Park Service, Captain Newman, Captain Kesteloot, Captain Glime, Miss Proctor, Miss Hysi, and Captain Buttke
CDC
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Captain Todd Veazie: I'm Captain Todd Veazie.
The Obama White House
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Captain Richard Wartburg, First Officer Lee Truitt, and Captain Dana Diamond.
NTSB
Words that sound like “captain”
Words one sound away from captain — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “captain”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of captain. 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.