How to pronounce debt in American English
“debt” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to debt the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“debt” 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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high levels of debt-not sovereign debt the way we think of it, but more business debt-debt
Federal Reserve
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the debt ceiling deadline.
The Obama White House
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practices like debt bondage.
State Department
Words that sound like “debt”
Words one sound away from debt — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “debt”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of debt. 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.