How to pronounce hell in American English
“hell” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to hell the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “hell” in: all accents
“hell” in real sentences — American speakers
947 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Inmates called that camp the "Hell of Hell."
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Life under ISIS was real hell, a living hell on Earth.
State Department
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Hieronymus Bosch painting of hell.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “hell”
Words one sound away from hell — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hell”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hell. 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.