How to pronounce permit in American English
“permit” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to permit the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“permit” 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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more streamlined permit process than the individual permit process.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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building permit department.
FEMA
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are building permit survey?
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “permit”
Words one sound away from permit — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “permit”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of permit. 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.