How to pronounce purple in American English
“purple” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to purple the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “purple” in: all accents · British English (154 clips)
“purple” 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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Malia Obama: "Purple cat, purple cat, what do you see?"
The Obama White House
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purple, and you're changing that box in the child schedule from purple
CDC
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purple bacteria purple bacteria are beautiful so you know plain and simple photogenic uh
NSF
Words that sound like “purple”
Words one sound away from purple — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of purple. 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.