How to pronounce hum in American English
“hum” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to hum the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “hum” in: all accents · British English (26 clips)
“hum” in real sentences — American speakers
151 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Meditate, hum, sing, dance.
National Park Service
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Kathleen Merrigan: Um-hum!
The Obama White House
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do I hum ‘Hail to the Chief?’” (Laughter.)
State Department
Words that sound like “hum”
Words one sound away from hum — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hum”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hum. 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.