How to pronounce futile in British English
“futile” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to futile the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “futile” in: all accents · American English (45 clips)
“futile” in real sentences — British speakers
31 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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targeting males is futile.
The Scottish Parliament
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point where that is just futile.
The Scottish Parliament
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>> De Clare : He demands even higher taxes to pay for his futile wars in
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “futile”
Words one sound away from futile — 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 futile. 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.