How to pronounce only in American English
“only” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to only the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“only” 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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So sometimes people only want the feldspars, sometimes they only want the zircons, sometimes people only
USGS
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We only get one home. We only get one planet.
The Obama White House
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What's going on? It is the only the only control
NASA
Words that sound like “only”
Words one sound away from only — 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 only. 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.