How to pronounce hero in American English
“hero” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to hero the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “hero” in: all accents · British English (131 clips)
“hero” in real sentences — American speakers
853 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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So, I can say without any question, Flory, you are a hero, true hero.
The Obama White House
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The President: Great -- great hero, actually.
The White House
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So he really was my hero.
State Department
Words that sound like “hero”
Words one sound away from hero — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hero”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hero. 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.