How to pronounce overweight in American English
“overweight” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to overweight the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “overweight” in: all accents · British English (119 clips)
“overweight” in real sentences — American speakers
135 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Marshall Reid: I was overweight.
The Obama White House
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is growing up with overweight or obesity.
CDC
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This guy, he recruited only 16 overweight adults.
NIH
Words that sound like “overweight”
Words one sound away from overweight — 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 overweight. 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.