How to pronounce state in American English
“state” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to state the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“state” 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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workers relocate from state to state.
Census Bureau
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Again, this is based state to state.
National Archives
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of the great state, the beautiful state, my home state of North Carolina.
Dept of Justice
Words that sound like “state”
Words one sound away from state — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “state”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of state. 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.