Learn English – How to pronounce ‘almond’ in American English

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I cannot count how many times I was told and/or made fun of my allegedly incorrect pronunciation of almond. Every single one of my attempted pronunciations has been 'corrected'; even the so-called correct versions have been corrected.

As expected, the American and British English pronunciations are different. However, every YouTube video or online dictionary I visit has its own pronunciation for the American English version!

What is the actually 100% correct pronunciation for almond in American English? Is there a most commonly acceptable pronunciation?

Best Answer

Considering that there is no such thing as “the actually 100% correct pronunciation for almond in American English”, it is not possible to provide you with that.

There are, however, at least different six pronunciations in common use:

  1. [ɔlmənd], with the first syllable homophonic with the common word all and the less common work awl.
  2. [ɔmənd], as before but without the [l].
  3. [ɑmənd], now without a rounded vowel.

Furthermore, the [d] at the end will often have no audible release. You might not even hear it at all, which provides the other three pronunciations.

If people are teasing you about any of these six, then they don’t know what they’re talking about — and if they’re teasing you about something else, they have no class.

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