That one website that shows how to pronounce a word, said by real people: YouGlish

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YouGlish

Plays YouTube clips of real people saying any word

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Why it's the pick

YouGlish finds YouTube clips where people say your word or phrase and plays them one after another, so you hear it in real speech and different accents (781 clips for "quinoa"). It is free and covers English plus about two dozen other languages; for a quick dictionary answer, Cambridge has UK and US audio with phonetic spelling.

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Cambridge Dictionary dictionary.cambridge.org UK and US audio plus phonetic spelling for each word FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9

Howjsay howjsay.com Recorded pronunciations of English words and phrases FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9

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