How to pronounce hand in American English
“hand” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to hand the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“hand” 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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raise your hand and hand them down to her.
The Obama White House
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Recruitment too goes hand in hand with that, you know?
GAO
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want to work hand in hand with the states on.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “hand”
Words one sound away from hand — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hand”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hand. 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.