How to pronounce plains in American English
“plains” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to plains the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “plains” in: all accents · British English (30 clips)
“plains” in real sentences — American speakers
485 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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called [INAUDIBLE] Plains.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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overflow into the flood plains.
FEMA
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reservations across the Great Plains.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “plains”
Words one sound away from plains — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “plains”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of plains. 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.