How to pronounce sailed in British English
“sailed” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to sailed the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sailed” in: all accents · American English (122 clips)
“sailed” in real sentences — British speakers
80 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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That ship has kind of sailed.
The Scottish Parliament
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I just want also tell you I sailed through security without a question asked.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “sailed”
Words one sound away from sailed — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “sailed”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sailed. 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.