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Google pronunciation practice or Sada: checking a word or practising a line

Google has two pronunciation features: word practice in Search, announced in 2019, and Practice in the Translate app, announced in April 2026. Sada does something else, practice on whole lines said by real speakers. This page says what each does, dated, and where each stops.

Try one line nowListen to one short line, record your take, then play it beside the original. Free, with no account.

Last checked: 30 September 2026. Prices and limits change; confirm them on the tool’s own site or in your country’s store.

What Google’s pronunciation practice does

Search, word practice (14 November 2019). Google’s launch post says you can practise saying a word into your phone’s microphone and get feedback on what, if anything, could be adjusted. It launched with American English, with Spanish to follow. Source: Google, “How do you pronounce quokka? Practice with Search”.

Translate, sentence practice (28 April 2026). Google’s post for Translate’s 20th anniversary says you speak a translation aloud and get instant feedback. The launch coverage says it works on words, sentences and phrases, in English, Spanish and Hindi, on Android in the United States and India. Sources: Google’s post, TechCrunch, 29 April 2026, 9to5Google, 28 April 2026.

Google also has a different Search feature for English learners, Speaking Practice, which gives feedback on meaning and grammar, not pronunciation, in a short list of countries. It is a separate feature; see Google Research.

Sada’s limits, first. Sada shows which words of a line were recognised, missed or added, and how your timing compares with the speaker. It does not grade individual sounds, judge your accent or give a test score; it has no course and no store app, and the first recording downloads a speech model once (about 75 MB on a phone). A free coach gives one tip on the missed word, only when you tap: 3 a day, or 30 with a free account.

What Google’s features do not cover, from the pages we read

No page we read describes a real human speaker to imitate, or replaying your take beside theirs.
Search practice is described for single words; Translate practice for words, sentences and phrases, but only in the text you translated.
Availability is narrow. Translate’s was three languages, two countries and Android at launch; Arabic is not among the languages. We found no current Google help page confirming where Search word practice is available today, so treat the 2019 post as a launch description, not a current guarantee.
Accuracy: we found no published accuracy figure, so we make no claim.
Account and where your audio goes: not stated in the posts we read.

Side by side

Compared on	Google Search word practice	Google Translate Practice	Sada
Announced	14 November 2019	28 April 2026	Live now
Scope	Single words	Words, sentences and phrases you translated	Whole caption lines from any captioned YouTube video
What it tells you	Feedback on what could be adjusted	Instant feedback on your speech	Recognised, missed and extra words; timing against the speaker; not individual sounds
Languages	American English at launch, Spanish to follow	English, Spanish and Hindi	English speech practice; Arabic or English interface
Where	Phones, at launch	Android app, United States and India	Any modern browser, anywhere
A real speaker to imitate	Not described	Not described	Yes, the video’s own speaker, beside your take
Price	No price stated	No price stated	Free, no paid plan
Account	Not stated	Not stated	Not needed to practise; a free, optional account (Google or email) keeps your practice history on every device and raises the coach’s tips from 3 to 30 a day
Where your audio goes	Not stated	Not stated	Stays on your device

What Sada does instead

Open a line a real speaker said, and listen.
Say it after the speaker or with the speaker, and record a take.
Open Compare, play your take beside the original, and read which words were recognised, missed or added, and how your timing kept pace.

That is practice that lasts: a whole line at natural speed, a human voice, rhythm and timing, repeated takes, in a browser. It is also less precise than Google’s Translate feature in one way: Sada does not tell you which sound in a word was off.

Try one line now

Open the free recording exercise

The exercise opens on one short, slow line at 02:20.0: “You don't need to speak fast.” Listen to it, record your version, then open Compare and play your take beside the original.

Free, with no account and no paid plan. Recordings stay on your device.

Use both

Check a hard word on Google where the feature is available, then say the whole line on Sada. Here are three real lines with words worth checking first.

“Anybody go shopping and put on a pair of pants this week?”
Ivan Joseph · 4:37 · Practise this line →
Paste this sentence into any checker below and see what it flags, then say it here and hear it beside the speaker. P and B sit in the same line.

“The other thing that they had in common was this:”
Brené Brown · 9:43 · Practise this line →
A short line with the voiced and voiceless TH. Compare how a checker marks “thing” and “the”, then listen to the speaker’s two sounds.

“There's nothing wrong with a bit of silence in a talk, is there?”
Julian Treasure · 6:34 · Practise this line →
A longer line that ends in a tag question. Word feedback tells you whether every word came across; the melody of “is there?” you judge by ear.

Privacy

The Google posts we read do not say what happens to your audio, so read Google’s privacy information for the app you use. Sada runs speech recognition in your browser and keeps recordings on your device. See how Sada checks a line.

Questions people ask

Is Google’s pronunciation practice free?

Google’s posts state no price. Search word practice is part of Google Search and Practice is part of the Translate app.

Is Google pronunciation practice accurate?

We found no published accuracy figure for either feature, so we cannot say. Treat the feedback as a hint and confirm by listening to a real speaker.

Does Google check whole sentences?

Translate’s Practice, announced in April 2026, covers sentences and phrases according to launch coverage, in English, Spanish and Hindi on Android in the United States and India. Search word practice is described for single words.

Does Google pronunciation practice work in Arabic?

Not in the launch coverage of Translate’s feature, which lists English, Spanish and Hindi. Sada has an Arabic interface and practises English speech.

Does Sada need a Google account?

No. Practice needs no account, and Sada is not affiliated with Google. A free, optional account can use Google sign-in or an emailed link.

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