Free English pronunciation checker

Check a sentence for the sound you want to practise

One real line for each problem learners ask about most. Each opens in After the speaker mode: hear the whole line, say it, then compare. Sada shows which words it recognised; the note says what to listen for yourself, because it does not grade individual sounds.

The two TH sounds

“The other thing that they had in common was this:”

Brené Brown · 9:43 · Practise this line →

The voiced TH of “the, other, that, they, this” and the voiceless TH of “thing”.

V and W

“Your whole world changes over night.”

Josh Kaufman · 0:27 · Practise this line →

W in “world”, then V in “over”: lips rounded for the first, top teeth on the lower lip for the second.

Endings that get dropped

“Again, we asked people how much they expected to change over the next 10 years,”

Dan Gilbert · 3:19 · Practise this line →

The -sked of “asked” and the -xt of “next”: drop the ending and “asked” becomes “ask”.

Stress in long words

“So one of the first things we teach people in economics, statistics, business and psychology courses”

Shawn Achor · 3:57 · Practise this line →

Four long words, four stress patterns: ecoNOMics, staTIStics, BUSiness, psyCHOLogy.

Rhythm: strong and weak words

“Not missiles, but microbes.”

Bill Gates · 0:59 · Practise this line →

Two strong words, “missiles” and “microbes”; “but” is short and quick between them.

For more lines on each of these, with why they are hard and what to try, see English pronunciation for Indian speakers.

What kind of pronunciation check do you need?

• Hear how a word is pronounced: use a dictionary with reference audio, such as Cambridge’s English pronunciation dictionary.
• Record and compare a sentence: Sada provides a captioned video model, a recording of your attempt, word-recognition feedback and timing feedback.
• Find out whether a particular speech sound is correct: Sada does not provide that assessment. Word recognition cannot diagnose how you formed a vowel or consonant; seek feedback focused on individual sounds.
• Drill real sentences until you can say them back: see listen-and-repeat practice, a ladder of real lines from short to long.
• Build a daily speaking habit without a partner: see how to practise speaking English alone.

The checker above takes any English sentence you type and say; the exercise takes a line from a video, with the speaker to compare against. Neither takes an uploaded recording, and neither gives a pronunciation grade. To read a short passage and see which sounds need work, take the free English accent test. Comparing other free checkers, with their limits and sign-up rules? See free pronunciation checkers compared.

How to check a line with Sada

1. Open an exercise from this guide. Choose a captioned video for this guide’s topic and a line whose meaning you understand.
2. Listen and read the caption, then say the line after the speaker in Repeat mode.
3. Try saying the line with the speaker in Shadow mode, following the rhythm and pauses.
4. Record a take, then open Compare and play your recording and the original. Review words and timing; Sada does not grade individual sounds.
5. Repeat the line while focusing on one difference you heard, then move to another line.

Allow microphone access when prompted and use headphones. Start in Repeat mode if speaking along is difficult. You can record and replay while speech recognition loads; word feedback may take longer on the first visit.

How to interpret the feedback

A word-match score summarises recognition against the reference. It is not a phoneme score, an accent rating, an English proficiency level or an IELTS band score.

Why a correct word can be missed

Speech recognition is fallible. Background audio, a distant microphone, unclear reference speech, caption mistakes and the way you speak can affect the result. A red word is a reason to listen again, not a diagnosis that your pronunciation is wrong.

• Listen to your saved take: is your voice audible without the video masking it?
• Check that the caption matches the original and that you selected the intended line.
• Try the same line in a quieter setting before drawing a conclusion from the score.
• If the word still sounds unclear, compare it with reference audio or ask a teacher for specific feedback.

Turn the check into speaking practice

Choose one difference you can hear between your recording and the speaker: a missing ending, a pause or a stressed word. Listen to that part, record the same sentence again, and replay both attempts. Do not aim for a higher number without listening to what changed.

For a fuller routine, use the pronunciation practice guide. To learn how speaking along differs from repeating, read the shadowing technique guide. When the starter feels comfortable, choose another beginner exercise.

In Japanese: 英語の発音チェック, this checker with Japanese instructions and lines for the sounds Japanese speakers change (L and R, TH, V and F, added vowels).

In Russian: проверка произношения английского онлайн, this checker with Russian instructions, and тренажер произношения английского онлайн, with lines for the sounds Russian speakers change (W and V, TH, voiced endings). In Uzbek: ingliz tili talaffuzi, the pronunciation rules that matter most for Uzbek speakers.

In French: Prononciation anglaise en ligne, this checker with French instructions, and Shadowing anglais, with lines for the sounds French speakers change (th, h, word stress, short and long vowels).

In German: Englisch Aussprache Test, this checker with German instructions and lines for the sounds German speakers change (W and V, TH, final consonants, R).

In Korean: 영어 발음 테스트, this checker with Korean instructions, and 영어 쉐도잉 방법, with lines for the sounds Korean speakers change (R and L, F and P, TH).

In Italian: pronuncia inglese online, this checker with Italian instructions and lines for the sounds Italian speakers change (TH, the silent H, short and long vowels, -ed endings).

For the sounds and endings that Arabic speakers often find hard, practise real lines in the guides to P and B pronunciation, the two TH sounds, V and F pronunciation and -ed endings. Two things Sada does not grade, stress and pitch, have their own guides too, where the check is your ear: word stress practice, sentence stress and question intonation. To see all of these problems in order of how much each affects being understood, with one line for each and a ten-minute self-check, start with English pronunciation for Arabic speakers.

Related questions, answered on their own pages: how to tell if your English pronunciation is correct, how to record yourself and compare with a native speaker and how to reduce your accent in English.

Sada is also testing a coach: after a take, tap Ask the coach for one short tip on a word you missed, written in your language from the words your device heard. Read how Sada’s pronunciation coach works and what it sends.