How to pronounce pencil in British English
“pencil” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to pencil the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “pencil” in: all accents · American English (370 clips)
“pencil” in real sentences — British speakers
71 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We have pencil grips to make sure that people can hold the the pencil more effectively
The Scottish Parliament
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With the pencil, it's rolling down.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “pencil”
Words one sound away from pencil — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pencil”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pencil. 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.