How to pronounce dread in British English
“dread” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to dread the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “dread” in: all accents · American English (81 clips)
“dread” in real sentences — British speakers
82 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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dread words ring fencing.
The Scottish Parliament
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"I dread, I really dread it drawing forth a counter-statement from Mr Norton and that he
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “dread”
Words one sound away from dread — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “dread”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of dread. 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.