How to pronounce ruin in American English
“ruin” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ruin the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ruin” in: all accents · British English (123 clips)
“ruin” in real sentences — American speakers
297 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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or exposed to financial ruin.
The Obama White House
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Whipple, had this ruin on his ranch.
National Park Service
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Mike: It could ruin your whole day.
USGS
Words that sound like “ruin”
Words one sound away from ruin — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “ruin”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ruin. 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.