How to pronounce poppy in American English
“poppy” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to poppy the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “poppy” in: all accents · British English (82 clips)
“poppy” in real sentences — American speakers
142 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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used, very similar to poppy seed.
The Obama White House
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There’s a lemon poppy seed poundcake.
USDA
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is about the size of a poppy seed.
CDC
Words that sound like “poppy”
Words one sound away from poppy — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “poppy”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of poppy. 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.