Free online British pronunciation guides

[natalyad]

There are many reasons people struggle to pronounce words. They may only have seen them written down; English may not be their native language; or they may have a disability like deafness making it hard to hear, or dyslexia making it hard to break words down.

This post links to some free online dictionaries which provide a British English pronunciation guide. Some of them have web browser extensions and apps as well.

Cambridge Dictionary at https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ - various iOS and Android apps are available.

HowJSay at http://howjsay.com/ - iOs and Android apps available.

Macmillan Dictionary at https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

Oxford Dictionary at https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

Dict CC at https://www.dict.cc/ - can translate terms between many languages.

A good word to compare British with American pronunciation is "advertisement" or "garage".

These dictionaries now also cover specialist jargon such as medical or legal vocabulary. If one of them doesn't have your word, try one of the others.

Comments

[ludy]

Thank you for this - it's useful for breaking words down (and when English is just being strange!) But sometimes with dyspraxia I can have a pretty good idea of the pronunciation in my head but just can't get my mouth to cooperate