Clips need JavaScript: the YouTube player has to be driven from the page. The sentences with rebel below are plain text.

How to pronounce rebel in British English

“rebel” pronunciation by British speakers

Listen to rebel the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“rebel” in real sentences — British speakers

55 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. >>Dr Mari Takayanagi: Nancy Astor was something of a rebel.

    UK Parliament

  2. I encourage him to rebel against his party line and vote for

    The Scottish Parliament

  3. >> King John: They cheer a rebel traitor who dares to stand against his king?

    UK Parliament

Words that sound like “rebel”

Words one sound away from rebel — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “rebel”

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rebel. 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.

Nearby words

All words starting with R →