How to pronounce number in American English
“number” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to number the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “number” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“number” 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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Number number one, not a grant program.
USDA
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And meanwhile, we have an enormous number of -- not an enormous number, but a number
The Obama White House
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Number one. And number two, do you expect at
NSF
Words that sound like “number”
Words one sound away from number — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “number”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of number. 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.