How to pronounce often in American English
“often” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to often the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“often” 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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communities that are too often, too often divided.
The Obama White House
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adequate time that they often often need Thank you.
NIH
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in our view, these distinctions are often – are often insignificant.
State Department
Words that sound like “often”
Words one sound away from often — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of often. 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.