How to pronounce mother in American English
“mother” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to mother the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“mother” 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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My mother, like Danielle, was a teenage mother.
Dept of Justice
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My mother argues with me Your mother Friday argues with you.
National Archives
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her mother cleaned houses.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “mother”
Words one sound away from mother — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “mother”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of mother. 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.