How to pronounce tear in American English
“tear” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to tear the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tear” in: all accents · British English (151 clips)
“tear” in real sentences — American speakers
688 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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tear down these constraints.
The Obama White House
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tear streaking across the sky
NASA
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the tear made more things tear, and we had these big pieces of engine cowling that
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “tear”
Words one sound away from tear — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “tear”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tear. 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.