How to pronounce ought in American English
“ought” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ought the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“ought” 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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now that ought to be a clue that ought to be a clue that ought to
NIH
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You ought to get you ought to consider that it should go.
FEMA
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political structure ought to look like, how its democracy ought to function.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “ought”
Words one sound away from ought — 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 ought. 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.