How to pronounce oak in American English
“oak” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to oak the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “oak” in: all accents · British English (121 clips)
“oak” in real sentences — American speakers
359 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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oak, as opposed to the wood that comes from a red oak.
US Forest Service
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Andre Oak foreign students
NASA
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Oak Creek in their hearts.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “oak”
Words one sound away from oak — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “oak”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of oak. 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.