Spanish pronunciation checker
Say a phrase out loud. We point to one sound to work on.
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Hola, ¿qué tal?
Hi, how are you?
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Pero el perro es muy grande.
But the dog is very big.
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Quiero un café con leche.
I’d like a coffee with milk.
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Me llamo Laura y vivo en Madrid.
My name is Laura and I live in Madrid.
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Mañana voy a la playa.
Tomorrow I’m going to the beach.
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¿Dónde está el baño?
Where is the bathroom?
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Tengo tres hermanos.
I have three brothers and sisters.
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La cuenta, por favor.
The check, please.
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Hace mucho calor hoy.
It’s very hot today.
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Necesito un taxi al aeropuerto.
I need a taxi to the airport.
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Me gusta mucho el jamón.
I really like ham.
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Hasta luego.
See you later.
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One sound to work on
Your recording goes to our server for the check and isn’t kept.
Pick a phrase, listen to it from Spain or Mexico, then press Say it and read it out loud. The checker listens for the sounds English speakers most often get wrong in Spanish: the r, a silent h, ñ, ll and vowels that glide like English ones. If it hears one, it shows you the word and how to fix it. It doesn’t give scores. It’s free and needs no sign-up.
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How the checker works
Each phrase has a recording from Spain and one from Mexico. Listen first, then press Say it and read the phrase at a normal pace. Press Stop when you finish, or wait: the recording stops by itself after eight seconds.
The checker compares the sounds it heard with the sounds the phrase should have. It shows one word at a time, the one with the clearest problem, and a short tip. Fix that sound, try again, then move on to the next phrase.
Spanish sounds English speakers find hard
Most of the trouble comes from English habits, not from Spanish being hard. These are the sounds the checker listens for:
- The r. In pero it’s a single quick tap; in perro it rolls. Neither is the English r.
- The h. It’s always silent: hola, hasta, hermanos.
- The ñ. It’s one sound, like the ny in “canyon”: mañana, baño.
- The ll. In most of Spain and Mexico it sounds like the y in “yes”: llamo, calle.
- The vowels. Spanish has five short, steady vowels. English e and o tend to glide (“day”, “go”); Spanish ones don’t.
What it can and can’t tell you
The checker listens for the sounds above. It doesn’t grade your accent, and it doesn’t judge stress or intonation. If it shows nothing, it didn’t catch one of these sounds, which is a good sign, but not a grade.
Speaking with a Spanish accent from Latin America or the south of Spain is fine: the checker doesn’t mark z or c said as s.
Spain or Mexico
Every phrase on this page is the same in Spain and in Mexico, so you can practice with either recording. The main difference you’ll hear is the z and the soft c: in most of Spain they sound like the th in “think”, in Mexico like s.
Questions
Is my voice recorded?
Your browser records the phrase and sends it to our own server for the check. The recording isn’t saved: it’s deleted as soon as the check is done. See our privacy notice.
Which browsers work?
Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox on a computer, and Safari or Chrome on a phone. The browser asks for the microphone the first time you press Say it.
Does it give me a score?
No. It shows one word and one sound to work on, because that’s what helps you fix it.
Why didn’t it flag anything?
It listens only for a few common sounds, and it stays quiet when it isn’t sure. If you want feedback on a whole conversation, that’s what the app is for.