Videos: Pronunciation Playlists

'Single-use’, a term that describes items whose unchecked proliferation are blamed for damaging the environment and affecting the food chain, has been named Collins’ Word of the Year 2018.

Many staff at Collins took time out last year to record dictionary words. Find out how we went about it and watch some of our funniest moments!

Updated with all the very latest new words and senses, this new 13th edition is an unparalleled resource for word lovers, word gamers, and word geeks everywhere. #homeoflivingenglish

Cut through any confusion and learn how to pronounce common 'eigh' words in our latest playlist series.

Avoid common pitfalls by learning from our playlist containing the letters 'ch' which are pronounced as 'k' as in 'kitten'

Make sure you don't trip up in your spelling by leaving out that pesky 'b'. Watch our playlist to learn a few common words.

Confused with 'cough', 'though', 'bough'? If there is any group of letters that underlines how tricky English pronunciation can be, it is the string ‘-ough’. Watch our playlist of how common words are spoken.

In the first of our blog series of words that are tricky to spell, we look at '-ough' words and the different ways they can be pronounced.

The letter 'c' can be pronounced both hard as in 'card' and soft as in 'celebrate'. Learn some soft 'c' words to make yourself a pronunciation winner!

The letters 'p' and 'h' combined give the 'f' sound - these words often come from Ancient Greek. Listen to words from our playlist!