How to pronounce mettle
“mettle” pronunciation in American and British English
Listen to mettle in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“mettle” in real sentences
45 clips in the index · 6 American · 2 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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demonstrated their mettle.
The Obama White House
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white waves, test our mettle.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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a test of economic mettle.
ACT Government
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I wanted to test my mettle.
First We Feast
Words that sound like “mettle”
Words one sound away from mettle — 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 mettle. 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.