How to pronounce spare in British English
“spare” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to spare the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“spare” in real sentences — British speakers
454 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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spare parts artificially high.
UK Parliament
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Breakdowns are common, there are no spare parts, and there is no spare capacity.
The Scottish Parliament
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spare capacity it just might be spare capacity in the wrong place to sort to suit
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “spare”
Words one sound away from spare — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “spare”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of spare. 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.