How to pronounce eighth in British English
“eighth” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to eighth the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “eighth” in: all accents · American English (682 clips)
“eighth” in real sentences — British speakers
139 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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outside London for the eighth year.
The Scottish Parliament
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top-performing area of the UK outside London for the eighth year.
The Scottish Parliament
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Nancy Astor was born in Virginia in 1890, the eighth of 11 children.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “eighth”
Words one sound away from eighth — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of eighth. 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.