How to pronounce rank in American English
“rank” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rank the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “rank” in: all accents · British English (290 clips)
“rank” 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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the rank order of priorities.
The Obama White House
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the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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to include the Rank option.
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “rank”
Words one sound away from rank — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “rank”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rank. 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.