How to pronounce solitary in American English
“solitary” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to solitary the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “solitary” in: all accents · British English (39 clips)
“solitary” in real sentences — American speakers
257 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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prolonged solitary confinement.
The Obama White House
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looking at expression of those receptors in places like the solitary tract, nucleus of the solitary
NIH
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solitary confinement in China since 2019.
State Department
Words that sound like “solitary”
Words one sound away from solitary — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of solitary. 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.