How to pronounce ceiling in American English
“ceiling” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ceiling the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ceiling” in: all accents · British English (421 clips)
“ceiling” 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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no ceiling for a kid like you." There's no ceiling.
The Obama White House
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hanging from the ceiling.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Floor-to-ceiling sustained...
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Words that sound like “ceiling”
Words one sound away from ceiling — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “ceiling”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ceiling. 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.