How to pronounce writ in American English
“writ” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to writ the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “writ” in: all accents · British English (45 clips)
“writ” in real sentences — American speakers
220 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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research enterprise broadly writ.
The Obama White House
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the community writ large.
State Department
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the community, writ large.
CDC
Words that sound like “writ”
Words one sound away from writ — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of writ. 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.