uh/ʌ/
Relax your lips, jaw, and tongue completely. Drop your jaw slightly and keep the tongue neutral.
How to pronounce among in American English
uh·MUHNG
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Americans pronounce among as uh-MUHNG (/əˈmʌŋ/). Stress falls on the second syllable — keep everything else short and quick. You'll hear it in sentences like "The feeling of belonging is strong among them" or "The inheritance was divided equally among the three siblings" — more examples below.
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2 syllables, 4 sounds. Tap a syllable to jump to its row, then explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
m/m/
Press your lips together. Air flows through your nose. Vocal cords vibrate.
uh/ʌ/
Relax your lips, jaw, and tongue completely. Drop your jaw slightly and keep the tongue neutral.
ng/ŋ/
Lift the back of your tongue to the soft palate. Lower your soft palate to let air flow through your nose.
In real conversation
Hear "among" in the wild.
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"Consumer confidence indices suggest cautious optimism among households."
kuhn·SOO·mer KAHN·fuh·duhns IHN·duh·seez suhg·JEHST KAH·shuhs AHP·tuh·mih·zuhm uh·MUHNG HOWS·hohldz
"I suggest we divide the tasks among team members to meet the deadline."
ahy suhg·JEHST wee duh·VAHYD dhuh TASKS uh·MUHNG TEEM MEHM·berz tuh MEET dhuh DEHD·lahyn
"The feeling of belonging is strong among them."
dhuh FEE·luhng uhv buh·LAHNG·uhng ihz STRAHNG uh·MUHNG dhuhm
"The inheritance was divided equally among the three siblings."
dhee uhn·HAIR·uh·tuhns wuhz duh·VAHY·duhd EE·kwuh·lee uh·MUHNG dhuh THREE SIH·bluhngz
"The report highlighted disparities in healthcare outcomes among groups."
dhuh ruh·PORT HAHY·lahy·duhd duh·SPAIR·uh·teez ihn HEHLTH·kair OWT·kuhmz uh·MUHNG GROOPS
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Watch out
Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
01
Stressing the wrong syllable.
Stress falls on the second syllable, not the others. Stretch MUHNG — keep everything else short and quick.
UH·muhng→uh·MUHNG
02
Pronouncing the first syllable too fully.
Don't pronounce the first syllable too fully. The unstressed syllable reduces to a schwa — the lazy "uh" sound — in casual speech.
UH·MUHNG→uh·MUHNG
Questions
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How is "among" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the second syllable — say "MUHNG" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "uh-MUHNG" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Why does the first syllable in "among" reduce to "uh"?
Unstressed syllables in American English collapse toward a schwa — a lazy, neutral "uh" sound. The full vowel is what textbooks teach, but in actual American speech every unstressed vowel reduces. The respell "uh-MUHNG" shows the reduced form so you can hear the casual rhythm directly.
Is the American pronunciation of "among" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "uh-MUHNG" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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