How to pronounce fur in American English
“fur” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to fur the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “fur” in: all accents · British English (70 clips)
“fur” in real sentences — American speakers
133 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It assumes the composition is not made of leather or fur skin, artificial fur, and so
Census Bureau
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And if you have a pets, their fur gets everywhere.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Well, Elmo's fur doesn't feel too warm or cold.
National Park Service
Words that sound like “fur”
Words one sound away from fur — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “fur”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of fur. 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.