How to pronounce girl in American English
“girl” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to girl the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “girl” in: all accents · British English (870 clips)
“girl” 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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That's fine. Audience Member: Girl, girl, girl!
The Obama White House
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Girl 1: Sound is energy. Girl 2: Sound is waves.
NIH
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number four girl and now I'm a number two girl.
CDC
Words that sound like “girl”
Words one sound away from girl — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “girl”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of girl. 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.