How to pronounce spate in American English
“spate” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to spate the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “spate” in: all accents · British English (56 clips)
“spate” in real sentences — American speakers
55 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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ELLEN OCHOA FROM JOHNSON SPATE FLIGHT CENTER.
NASA
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We've had a decent spate of homebuilding.
Federal Reserve
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policy questions posed by the spate of gun violence.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “spate”
Words one sound away from spate — 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 spate. 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.