Nounce

For professionals who do the work — and dread the word

Speak every word
with confidence.

You know the answer. You've done the work. Don't let one word you're unsure how to say keep you quiet in the room where it counts. Highlight it, hear it, practice it — in seconds.

Free forever. $10/mo for unlimited. Why this matters →

It's never the idea. It's the word.

The client's name. A technical term. That one verb. You're not sure how it lands — so you reword the sentence, soften the point, or let someone else say it. The meeting moves on without you.

Do that enough times and it stops being about one word. It becomes the reason you don't raise your hand, don't take the demo, don't put yourself up for the thing you've earned.

It's not in your head.

The instinct to stay quiet is rational. Listeners really do judge the same words differently depending on how they're said.

People judged the exact same statements as less truewhen spoken with a non-native accent — because the brain mistakes “harder to follow” for “less credible.”
Lev-Ari & Keysar (2010), Journal of Experimental Social Psychology — via University of Chicago News
3 : 1

Non-native English speakers now outnumber native speakers worldwide by about three to one. You're the rule, not the exception.

British Council · David Crystal
19.2%

Of the U.S. labor force is foreign-born — about 31 million people navigating high-stakes English every working day.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024
Bias

Accent affects who gets shortlisted and how competent they're judged — an overlooked drag on advancement.

Accent-bias scoping review (PMC)

Want the full picture? Read why your accent isn't the problem →

You don't need to lose your accent.

Your accent isn't the problem, and erasing it isn't the goal. Clarity is.What changes how you're heard is saying the handful of words that trip you — clearly, the first time, without the flinch.

That's the whole job of Nounce: the specific words you stumble on, fixed. Your voice stays yours.

How it works.

Three taps, five seconds — without leaving the page you're on.

1

Highlight & summon

Select any word on any page — a doc, a PDF, a Slack thread — and press Alt+Q. The overlay opens in place.

2

Say it back

Tap “say it” and speak the word. Nounce listens and breaks down exactly how you said each syllable.

3

Fix the one sound

Get a verdict and a physical tip for the sound that slipped — so the next try lands.

Built for the room that decides.

Not for casual learners — for people who already speak English well and want to sound as sharp as they think, in the moments that move a career.

  • The senior engineer. Defending a design in architecture review — the term you coined, said with zero hesitation.
  • The product manager. Live customer demo, exec in the room. The feature name lands clean on the first try.
  • The solutions architect. Onboarding call with a new client whose name you want to get exactly right.

Three things a quick search can't do.

01

Tell you which sound was wrong

Record yourself and get per-syllable feedback — not a single pass/fail, but the exact sound that slipped.

02

Give you a physical fix

“Drop your jaw, pull your tongue back.” A concrete tip you can act on, not just a clip to mimic.

03

Explain it in your sentence

Contextual meaning for the exact sentence you're reading — not the dictionary's ten unrelated senses.

Free forever. $10/mo for unlimited.

5 lookups and 5 pronunciation checks a day, every day, on the house. Upgrade only when you outgrow it.

Free
$0forever
  • 5 lookups / day
  • 5 pronunciation checks / day
  • Save words
  • All content types
Pro
$10per month · or $96/yr
  • Unlimited lookups
  • Unlimited pronunciation checks
  • Priority audio
  • Everything in Free

Honest answers.

Will Nounce make me lose my accent?
No — it's not accent reduction. Your accent is part of your voice and it stays. Nounce helps you say the specific words you're unsure of clearly and confidently. Clarity is the goal, not sounding like someone else.
Isn't this just a dictionary with audio?
No. A dictionary plays one generic clip. Nounce listens to yourattempt, tells you which syllable slipped and how to fix it, and explains what the word means in the exact sentence you're reading.
Does it record me?
Only when you tap “say it.” It never listens in the background, and it only ever sees the word you choose to act on — never the pages you browse. See our privacy policy.
What does it cost?
Free forever — 5 lookups and 5 pronunciation checks a day. Unlimited is $10/month or $96/year, upgradeable right from the extension.

Get the word right
before the meeting.

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