How to pronounce rape in American English
“rape” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rape the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“rape” in real sentences — American speakers
505 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Prison Rape Elimination Commission.
Dept of Justice
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You could be convicted of second degree rape, but not first degree rape.
The Obama White House
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Rape, beheadings, bodies burned alive.
State Department
Words that sound like “rape”
Words one sound away from rape — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “rape”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rape. 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.