How to pronounce tread in British English
“tread” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to tread the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tread” in: all accents · American English (324 clips)
“tread” in real sentences — British speakers
127 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We need to tread carefully.
The Scottish Parliament
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feel you have to tread on eggshells.
UK Parliament
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I am trying not to tread on anyone’s toes.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “tread”
Words one sound away from tread — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “tread”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tread. 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.