How to pronounce good in American English
“good” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to good the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “good” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“good” 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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Good afternoon. Good evening.
State Department
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Good morning everyone. Audience: Good morning.
The Obama White House
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Good morning, Holly. It's good to be here.
GAO
Words that sound like “good”
Words one sound away from good — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “good”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of good. 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.