How to pronounce shepherd in American English
“shepherd” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to shepherd the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “shepherd” in: all accents · British English (103 clips)
“shepherd” in real sentences — American speakers
329 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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A German Shepherd named Champ.
The Obama White House
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He is an Australian Shepherd.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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sound like like I Shepherd him through I did not Shepherd him through he was so
EPA
Words that sound like “shepherd”
Words one sound away from shepherd — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “shepherd”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shepherd. 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.