How to pronounce isle in British English
“isle” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to isle the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “isle” in: all accents · American English (68 clips)
“isle” in real sentences — British speakers
609 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>>Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con): The Isle of Wight zoo is having difficulty importing
UK Parliament
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Recent press reports suggest that the MV Isle of Lewis and the MV Isle of Mull
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “isle”
Words one sound away from isle — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “isle”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of isle. 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.