How to pronounce pains in American English
“pains” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to pains the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “pains” in: all accents · British English (138 clips)
“pains” in real sentences — American speakers
197 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I had constant chest pains.
CDC
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I sometimes get sharp pains.
NIH
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or pains to make the past uh...
The Obama White House
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.