Forvo is a partly free French website for beginner to advanced learners (A1–C2). The quickest way to hear how one French word is really pronounced.
Checked October 2026 on the official site ·
About Forvo
Forvo is a pronunciation dictionary: search a French word or name and hear it recorded by native speakers, often several of them, so you can compare accents and male and female voices, and request a word nobody has recorded yet. Its users have recorded more than 7 million pronunciations in more than 450 languages. The website is free; the iOS app costs $2.99. It is useful at every level; the range is our reading. It suits a learner who wants to check how one word or place name is actually said. It is not a course: it gives single words and short phrases, not connected speech, and recordings vary in quality.
How it compares
| App | Price | Levels | Real-speed French | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forvo | Free website; iOS app $2.99 | A1–C2 | No | The quickest way to hear how one French word is really pronounced. |
| Speechling | Free; unlimited coaching from $19.99/mo | A1–C1 | No | Record sentences, get a human coach's pronunciation notes; free to start. |
| Glossika | $19.99/mo ($16.58/mo yearly); Pro $39.99/mo ($33.25/mo yearly); 7-day free trialchecked 2026-10-09 (ai.glossika.com/pricing) | A1–C1 | No | High-volume listen-and-repeat sentence training; best beside a course. |
| French with Amélie | Free weekly lesson; Premium $24/mo or $240/yr | B1–C1 | Yes, with a slow version and a transcript | Real-speed dialogues by email and a private podcast. Not an app. Visit |
Prices as shown on the official site on the date given; they vary by country and change often.
