Last updated on 12 May 2026
Youglish is a somewhat particular free search engine. It aims to help you pronounce the words of a foreign language better. How? Using the millions of videos in all languages on YouTube.
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Ask YouTube how a word is pronounced
The YouTube platform is often used as a medium for foreign language learning tools. There are thus many examples, such as this list of YouTube channels to learn English or these other sites that use films to practice a language.
Youglish started from an even simpler idea. To listen to how a word is pronounced in a foreign language, just find videos on YouTube where it is used by a native.
Video excerpts to listen to the pronunciation of words
You enter any word and immediately Youglsh is a series of videos in which you hear the word you are looking for.
The video player proposed by Youglish allows you to make small jumps back to listen to the word as many times as you want. You can also easily switch to the following video to hear different pronunciations.
The videos offered are very public. Many are extracted from Tedx conferences.
For each search Youglish displays the number of videos found with the word. The site also displays large-character subtitles allowing you to see the word in context.
Listen to words in almost all … languages.
By clicking next to the logo at the top of the screen, you can choose the language in which you want to train.
The YouGlish platform supports about twenty languages. It includes English, Spanish, French and German, but also Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian.
A special mention for sign language. By searching for a word in sign language you will access videos to help you gestualize the words.
The YouGlish website is free. Advertising is a bit too present but the concept remains interesting.
A quick summary of the functions of the YouGlish tool
YouGlish is a free website that uses YouTube videos to teach you how to pronounce words correctly.
Just type in the word or phrase you want to pronounce.
If necessary, also choose a specific dialect in the language.
YouGlish will then find many videos where the word is pronounced in a natural context.
You can increase or decrease the playback speed according to your needs.
YouGlish supports Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and sign languages.
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