How to pronounce petty in American English
“petty” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to petty the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “petty” in: all accents · British English (93 clips)
“petty” in real sentences — American speakers
206 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Steven Roberts: Petty cash.
National Archives
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in space, transcends petty politics.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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One of our Coast Guard petty officers, chief petty officers, had a brother that was on
NTSB
Words that sound like “petty”
Words one sound away from petty — 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 petty. 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.