How to pronounce colleen in American English
“colleen” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to colleen the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “colleen” in: all accents · British English (43 clips)
“colleen” in real sentences — American speakers
202 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Colleen Thomas [phonetic].
CDC
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Colleen Nelson, Wall Street Journal.
The Obama White House
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OK, thanks for joining us, Colleen.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “colleen”
Words one sound away from colleen — 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 colleen. 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.