How to pronounce pretend in American English
“pretend” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to pretend the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“pretend” in real sentences — American speakers
704 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Are you playing pretend?"
The Obama White House
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pretend regulation is costless.
Dept of Justice
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Let's not pretend otherwise.
NTSB
Words that sound like “pretend”
Words one sound away from pretend — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pretend”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pretend. 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.