How to pronounce rock in American English
“rock” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rock the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “rock” in: all accents · British English (461 clips)
“rock” 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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Third Rock, the alternative indie rock music.
NASA
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Ready to rock and roll. Ready to rock and roll.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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breaks the rock, and anytime the rock breaks, you have an earthquake.
USGS
Words that sound like “rock”
Words one sound away from rock — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “rock”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rock. 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.