How to pronounce leather in American English
“leather” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to leather the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “leather” in: all accents · British English (54 clips)
“leather” in real sentences — American speakers
197 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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expedition with Mexican soldiers, el dados de quera [spelled phonetically], leather jacket soldiers and leather armor,
National Archives
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a inflated patent leather balloon suit.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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in their famous leather lounge and ottoman chair.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “leather”
Words one sound away from leather — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “leather”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of leather. 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.