Best accent detector and accent test tools (October 2026)
The best-known accent detectors guess where your accent comes from: BoldVoice’s Accent Oracle guesses your native-language accent from about 30 seconds of English, and AnyToSpeech’s English Accent Detector names which of ten English varieties you sound closest to, with a confidence percentage. AccentGuess does the same from a daily passage. All three are free on the web.
If you want to know what to fix rather than where you are from, use a tool that scores your sounds: TonePerfect’s free AI accent detector (how strong your accent is and which sounds give it away, no signup), ELSA Speak (a pronunciation app with a free plan) or, for an exam-style speaking score, the Speechace speaking test.
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At a glance
| Tool | What you get | Guesses where you’re from | Scores your sounds | Free? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoldVoice Accent Oracle | A guess of where your accent is from, after about 30 seconds of English speech | Yes: your native-language accent | No; the detailed breakdown is in the paid BoldVoice app | Free; the app has a 7-day trial, then from $14.99 (US App Store) |
| AnyToSpeech English Accent Detector | The English variety you sound closest to, out of ten, with a confidence percentage and the phonetic signals behind it | Yes: which English variety (British RP, General American, Australian, Indian, Nigerian and five more); its separate Accent Test guesses your native language | Its Accent Test gives a nativeness score out of 100 with vowel, consonant, rhythm and fluency sub-scores | Free, no signup, 30 tests a day; paid plans from $7/month |
| AccentGuess | An estimate of the accent profile you are closest to, from a short passage that changes daily | Yes (it claims 120+ accents) | It mentions “pronunciation accuracy metrics” without detailing them | Free; its pages say limits “may vary” |
| TonePerfect AI accent detector | Accent strength (0–100, closeness to a standard American English reference) and the sound groups that give your accent away, with how to fix each | No, by design; you can pick your first language to see its typical pattern | Yes: every sound in six sentences, grouped into th, r, l, v, w, vowel pairs, endings and more | Free in the browser, no signup; the app has a free tier and a paid Premium plan |
| ELSA Speak | A pronunciation app with a Speech Analyzer: feedback on pronunciation, intonation, fluency, grammar and vocabulary, and a speaking score mapped to IELTS, TOEFL, CEFR and TOEIC | No | Yes, in the app (with an American, British or Australian accent choice) | Free plan: 2 lessons a day and 3 AI lessons in total; from $19.99/month (US App Store) |
| Speechace speaking test | A 10-minute speaking test with a skills report: pronunciation, fluency, grammar and vocabulary scores | No | A pronunciation score inside the report | Free test for individuals, no credit card; institutions from $50/month |
From each tool’s own pages or its US App Store listing on 30 October 2026. Prices change often and vary by country.
Accent detectors that guess where your accent is from
Useful for curiosity, and for checking whether your English sounds like a particular variety. None of them publishes how it was validated, and a guess from 30 seconds of speech can be wrong, so do not read the result as a fact about you.
1. BoldVoice Accent Oracle
- Best for
- A quick, fun guess of your accent’s origin
- Guesses origin
- Yes: your native-language accent
- Scores your sounds
- No; the detailed breakdown is in the paid BoldVoice app
- Platform
- Web (the app: iOS, Android)
- Free?
- Free; the app has a 7-day trial, then from $14.99 (US App Store)
The most cited accent guesser. Its launch page says it “will guess where your accent is from, based on just 30 secs of speech”, and that a detailed accent breakdown and an improvement plan come with the BoldVoice app, an American-accent trainer. BoldVoice has also published research on measuring accent strength with its model, but the Oracle page itself gives no accuracy figure.
2. AnyToSpeech English Accent Detector
- Best for
- Finding out which English accent you sound like
- Guesses origin
- Yes: which English variety (British RP, General American, Australian, Indian, Nigerian and five more); its separate Accent Test guesses your native language
- Scores your sounds
- Its Accent Test gives a nativeness score out of 100 with vowel, consonant, rhythm and fluency sub-scores
- Platform
- Web
- Free?
- Free, no signup, 30 tests a day; paid plans from $7/month
The only detector here that classifies native English varieties (it is not a native-speaker test, its page says) and explains its guess with features such as rhoticity and vowel quality. For learners, its Accent Test is the more relevant half: it guesses your first language and scores vowels, consonants, rhythm and fluency. Its page says audio is deleted after analysis; it publishes no independent validation, and says a clear reading typically gives 70–95% confidence.
3. AccentGuess
- Best for
- A daily accent guess and a quiz
- Guesses origin
- Yes (it claims 120+ accents)
- Scores your sounds
- It mentions “pronunciation accuracy metrics” without detailing them
- Platform
- Web
- Free?
- Free; its pages say limits “may vary”
A web accent guesser with a passage of the day and a separate accent quiz. It claims 120+ accents and “95% AI prediction accuracy” but does not say how that was measured, and its own explainer calls a result “learning guidance”, a snapshot that becomes more useful as a trend across repeated tests.
Accent tests that score your sounds
They do not guess your origin. They tell you how close each sound or word came to a reference, which is what you need to practise.
4. TonePerfect AI accent detector
That’s us- Best for
- Knowing which sounds to practise first
- Guesses origin
- No, by design; you can pick your first language to see its typical pattern
- Scores your sounds
- Yes: every sound in six sentences, grouped into th, r, l, v, w, vowel pairs, endings and more
- Platform
- Web (the app: iOS, Android, web)
- Free?
- Free in the browser, no signup; the app has a free tier and a paid Premium plan
Our tool. It answers “how strong is my accent, and why?” instead of “where am I from?”: every sound is scored, sounds are grouped, and the groups below 80 are named as your giveaways. What it lacks: no guess of origin, one reference (American; British speakers may see the r after a vowel flagged), and no intonation, rhythm or fluency score.
5. ELSA Speak
- Best for
- Ongoing practice with an accent choice
- Guesses origin
- No
- Scores your sounds
- Yes, in the app (with an American, British or Australian accent choice)
- Platform
- iOS, Android; Speech Analyzer on the web
- Free?
- Free plan: 2 lessons a day and 3 AI lessons in total; from $19.99/month (US App Store)
Not a one-off detector but the broadest app here: it corrects sounds and word stress, lets you choose the accent you aim for, and its Speech Analyzer gives feedback on whole speech. The free plan’s three AI lessons, which the Speech Analyzer uses, are a one-time allowance.
6. Speechace speaking test
- Best for
- An exam-style speaking score
- Guesses origin
- No
- Scores your sounds
- A pronunciation score inside the report
- Platform
- Web
- Free?
- Free test for individuals, no credit card; institutions from $50/month
For a different question: “how good is my spoken English overall?”. You answer open-ended questions and get scores aligned, its page says, to the IELTS, PTE, TOEFL and TOEIC rubrics. It is not an accent detector and does not tell you which sounds give your accent away.
Which one to choose
- A guess of where your accent is from: BoldVoice Accent Oracle or AccentGuess
- Which English accent you sound like: AnyToSpeech English Accent Detector
- How strong your accent is and which sounds to fix, free: TonePerfect AI accent detector
- Daily practice with a British or Australian target: ELSA Speak
- An overall speaking score in exam terms: Speechace speaking test
An accent guess tells you where you sound like you are from; it does not tell you what to practise. For that, take the free English accent test or the AI accent detector, then see how to sound more like a native English speaker. Looking for an app to train with? See the best apps for English pronunciation and ELSA Speak alternatives.
Questions about accent detectors
What is the best free accent detector?+
For a guess of where your accent is from, BoldVoice’s Accent Oracle and AccentGuess are free on the web, and AnyToSpeech’s English Accent Detector (free, no signup, 30 tests a day) tells you which English variety you sound closest to. To find out which sounds give your accent away, TonePerfect’s AI accent detector is free with no signup.
Can an AI really guess my accent or where I’m from?+
Sometimes. Accent guessers compare your speech with accents they were trained on and give their best guess, but none of the tools here publishes how its guesses were validated, and the same sound slips are shared by speakers of many first languages. Treat the guess as a game; treat a sound-by-sound score as the part you can act on.
Which accent test tells me what to improve?+
One that scores sounds: TonePerfect’s AI accent detector names the sound groups that give you away and how to fix each, AnyToSpeech’s Accent Test gives vowel, consonant, rhythm and fluency sub-scores, and ELSA Speak corrects sounds and word stress inside its app.
Which tool can identify my American accent?+
AnyToSpeech’s English Accent Detector classifies speech into ten English varieties, General American among them. To see how close you are to American English sound by sound, TonePerfect’s accent detector and its American accent test score you against a standard American reference.
Does TonePerfect guess my native language?+
No. It measures how strong your accent is and which sounds cause it. You can pick your first language to see the pattern typical for it next to your own results.
How were these facts checked?+
Each tool’s own page, help centre or US App Store listing was opened on 30 October 2026; the sources are listed at the end. Prices change and vary by country.
Sources
Every fact about another tool on this page was checked against these pages on 30 October 2026. Store figures are from the US App Store; prices change often and vary by country.
- BoldVoice — Accent Oracle
- BoldVoice Accent Oracle — Product Hunt launch (17 December 2024)
- BoldVoice — Accents in latent spaces (accent strength research, 6 May 2025)
- BoldVoice — App Store listing (US)
- AnyToSpeech — English Accent Detector
- AnyToSpeech — Accent Test (native-language detection)
- AnyToSpeech — pricing
- AccentGuess — home page
- AccentGuess — What is Accent Guess
- ELSA Speak — Speech Analyzer
- ELSA Speak Help Center — What is included in the ELSA free plan
- ELSA Speak — App Store listing (US)
- Speechace — Speaking test
Want to know which sounds give your accent away? The TonePerfect app scores every sound you say. Free to start.