How to pronounce lady in American English
“lady” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to lady the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lady” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“lady” 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 First Lady stopped by my office. Narrator: The First Lady started off Day
The Obama White House
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crowd this lady is coming
National Archives
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thank that lady for that.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “lady”
Words one sound away from lady — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “lady”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lady. 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.