How to pronounce kilo in American English
“kilo” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to kilo the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “kilo” in: all accents · British English (30 clips)
“kilo” in real sentences — American speakers
107 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I, as in India; K, as in Kilo.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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they were in more like the 10 kilo
NASA
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Cross runway three-four right at Kilo to bravo four.
FAA
Words that sound like “kilo”
Words one sound away from kilo — 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 kilo. 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.