How to pronounce point in American English
“point” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to point the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“point” 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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to get from point A to point B.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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City Point in April of 1865, City Point, Virginia.
National Archives
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That really is the focal point of our concern at this point.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “point”
Words one sound away from point — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “point”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of point. 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.