How to pronounce ratchet in American English
“ratchet” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ratchet the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ratchet” in: all accents · British English (49 clips)
“ratchet” in real sentences — American speakers
182 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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ratchet up that pressure.
The Obama White House
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our rhetoric, to ratchet up tensions.
State Department
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It's a bi-directional ratchet wrench.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “ratchet”
Words one sound away from ratchet — 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 ratchet. 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.