How to pronounce water in American English
“water” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to water the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “water” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“water” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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quality, you know, we say clean water. Water quality?
USGS
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of water. And we look at the water meter
The Obama White House
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waterfowl need water and so it could be shallow water or deep water open areas sometimes
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “water”
Words one sound away from water — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “water”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of water. 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.