How to pronounce vain in American English
“vain” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to vain the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “vain” in: all accents · British English (78 clips)
“vain” in real sentences — American speakers
134 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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vote, their efforts were not in vain.
Dept of Justice
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In vain he flies, by justice Swifly chaced.
National Archives
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that their tireless advocacy was not in vain.
State Department
Words that sound like “vain”
Words one sound away from vain — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “vain”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of vain. 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.