How to pronounce spells in American English
“spells” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to spells the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “spells” in: all accents · British English (65 clips)
“spells” in real sentences — American speakers
134 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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If you call unemployment spells “UI spells”, you are putting “insurance” in the mix, and it
Census Bureau
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unsubscribeóand it spells out penalties for violations.
FTC
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quite the spells and not fully grown.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “spells”
Words one sound away from spells — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “spells”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of spells. 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.