How to pronounce stead in American English
“stead” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to stead the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “stead” in: all accents · British English (52 clips)
“stead” 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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Georgia is one of those stead fast partners.
State Department
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And we seem to be in good stead.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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But it has stood me in such good stead.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “stead”
Words one sound away from stead — 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 stead. 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.