How to pronounce pains in British English
“pains” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to pains the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “pains” in: all accents · American English (197 clips)
“pains” in real sentences — British speakers
138 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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time that growing pains have actually shrunk something.
The Scottish Parliament
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next stage uh Miss uh Mr Mr Mr Speaker it pains me although uh I
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “pains”
Words one sound away from pains — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pains”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pains. 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.