How to pronounce silence in American English
“silence” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to silence the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “silence” in: all accents · British English (767 clips)
“silence” 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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your altitude silence silence silence I'm good
U.S. Air Force
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regime’s campaign to silence its critics, silence journalists, silence human rights activists, and this include Narges
State Department
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The silence is palatable.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “silence”
Words one sound away from silence — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “silence”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of silence. 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.