How to pronounce plead in American English
“plead” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to plead the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “plead” in: all accents · British English (177 clips)
“plead” in real sentences — American speakers
128 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
>> I'M GOING TO PLEAD THE FIFTH.
NASA
-
The time to plead ignorance is surely past.
The Obama White House
-
I’m going to have to plead ignorance on this one too.
State Department
Words that sound like “plead”
Words one sound away from plead — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “plead”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of plead. 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.