How to pronounce hello in American English
“hello” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to hello the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “hello” in: all accents · British English (799 clips)
“hello” 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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The President: Hello, hello, hello, hello.
The Obama White House
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>> Harve Jacobs: Hello, hello.
NIST
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Betsy: Hello. Deb Rivera: Hello.
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “hello”
Words one sound away from hello — 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 hello. 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.