How to pronounce "great looking" in English
great·loo·king
Hear native speakers say great looking in context across real video clips
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “great looking”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
great
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
loo
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
king
Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.
Keep the vowel length balanced, placing subtle emphasis on the root morpheme according to standard conversational rhythm.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.
How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "great looking" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "great looking is" sounds like "great looking-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "great looking" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“and uh so yeah these guys came up with a great looking product I just saw it the”— StanfordWatch clip
“looking great looking really cool slacks and a kind of uh I think it was like a”— WIREDWatch clip
“great looking so so talking about P person but you might not realize just”— SciShowWatch clip
“to take us many weeks to actually put together a great looking website or a capability and an app and so on.”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“And it had a really kind of a great looking guy and a great looking-- I'm going to say gal.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“great looking real cars all over the show floor Chevy bolt showed up as in my”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Practice Speaking “great looking”
Listen to native pronunciation, record yourself repeating the sentence into your microphone, and receive real-time word-by-word accuracy scoring.
and uh so yeah these guys came up with a great looking product I just saw it the
Hear it in context: “great looking”
68 clipsThe English word “great looking”. Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (great · loo · king). SayItVid indexes 68 authentic English video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “great looking” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from Stanford, WIRED, SciShow.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USStanfordClip #1 · @34:52
“from from Neo and um and you can move discussions out of email into um Neo and and uh so yeah these guys came up with a great looking product I just saw it the other day so what's it”
- 🇺🇸 USWIREDClip #2 · @7:04
“didn't he came to the door so my story which I leave is the correct one sorry looking great looking really cool slacks and a kind of uh I think it was like a and a kind of uh I think it was like a red red jumper it was amazing I mean it”
- 🇺🇸 USSciShowClip #3 · @3:32
“can put them in the salad but you have to take them out before you eat it great looking so so talking about P person but you might not realize just how colorful other parts of you can be and what those colors mean take your”
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #4 · @17:34
“can tell you one thing for sure. It used to take us many weeks to actually put together a great looking website or a capability and an app and so on. Today together a great looking website or a”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @10:19
“got to McDonald's. And it had a really kind of a great looking guy and a great looking-- I'm going to say gal. and a great looking-- I'm going to say gal.”
Pronounce: “great looking”
- Syllables:
- great · loo · king
- Hear it in context
- great looking
Words that Sound Identical (Homophones)
Unique Sound"great looking" has no true homophones in standard English — there are no other words with identical pronunciation. Unlike sound-alike pairs like there / their or peace / piece, "great looking" has a completely distinct phonetic identity.
Frequently asked questions about great looking
How many syllables are in “great looking”?
“great looking” has 3 syllables: great · loo · king.
How can I hear “great looking” used in real sentences?
This page has 68 real-world video examples of “great looking” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “great looking”?
Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).