Clips need JavaScript: the YouTube player has to be driven from the page. The sentences with muscle below are plain text.

How to pronounce muscle in British English

“muscle” pronunciation by British speakers

Listen to muscle the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“muscle” in real sentences — British speakers

202 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. muscle flood protection scheme.

    The Scottish Parliament

  2. muscle strength, agility and, of course, confidence.

    The Scottish Parliament

  3. starts growing into the muscle in the wall of the womb.

    UK Parliament

Words that sound like “muscle”

Words one sound away from muscle — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “muscle”

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of muscle. 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.

Nearby words

All words starting with M →