Clips need JavaScript: the YouTube player has to be driven from the page. The sentences with theory below are plain text.

How to pronounce theory in American English

“theory” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to theory the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“theory” in real sentences — American speakers

1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. the capture Theory the fion theory uh the giant impact Theory Which Giant impact Theory seems

    NASA

  2. theory physics or even a theory of knowledge for me it is the ultimate theory of

    NSF

  3. QE transmits itself, specifically for the portfolio balance theory, preferred habitat theory, or signaling theory, but

    Federal Reserve

Words that sound like “theory”

Words one sound away from theory — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “theory”

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of theory. 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.

Nearby words

All words starting with T →