How to pronounce sword in British English
“sword” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to sword the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sword” in: all accents · American English (241 clips)
“sword” in real sentences — British speakers
117 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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New York called it the Braveheart sword.
The Scottish Parliament
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Scotland is perhaps a double-edged sword?
The Scottish Parliament
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Will you draw your sword against the King?
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “sword”
Words one sound away from sword — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “sword”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sword. 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.