How to pronounce hazel in American English
“hazel” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to hazel the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “hazel” in: all accents · British English (181 clips)
“hazel” in real sentences — American speakers
42 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Hazel Bethal: My name is Hazel Bethal.
The Obama White House
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Witch Hazel in the understory.
National Park Service
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You don't see the Secretary of Energy, Hazel O'Leary here.
NIST
Words that sound like “hazel”
Words one sound away from hazel — 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 hazel. 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.