How to pronounce doctor in American English
“doctor” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to doctor the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“doctor” 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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Neff was a regular doctor, a real doctor,
NIST
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>>[George Stone:] Doctor.
Census Bureau
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would you prefer a tired doctor or no doctor at all.
CDC
Words that sound like “doctor”
Words one sound away from doctor — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “doctor”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of doctor. 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.