How to pronounce road in American English
“road” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to road the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “road” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“road” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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on the road and unfit drivers off road.
NTSB
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understand that the high road is the smart road.
The Obama White House
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road cooperative agreement.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “road”
Words one sound away from road — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “road”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of road. 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.