Your voice frequency is how many times your vocal folds vibrate each second, measured in hertz (Hz). Press Start, talk or sing for 10 seconds, and this free test shows your average pitch in Hz, your lowest and highest pitch and the nearest musical note, with a live Hz meter while you record. Adult speaking voices usually average somewhere between about 85 and 255 Hz.
Voice Frequency Test
Speak or sing for a few seconds and see the frequency of your voice in hertz (Hz): your average pitch, your lowest and highest pitch and the nearest musical note.
Read this sentence aloud at your normal talking level, then keep talking or say a relaxed “ah” until the time is up:
“I am reading this sentence in my normal voice, the way I would talk to a friend across the table.”
Sing one comfortable note on “ah” and hold it, or sing slowly up and down a few notes. One voice only; turn off any music.
Press Start and allow microphone access. Sound is analysed in your browser; nothing is recorded or uploaded.
Scale in Hz · top bar: microphone level · bottom bar: time
Your voice frequency
- Average pitch (median)
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- Nearest note
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- Lowest – highest
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- Pitch variation
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- Voice detected
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- Mode
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How deep a voice sounds is not only its pitch in Hz. Resonance (the size and shape of your throat and mouth) and timbre matter too, so two voices with the same average Hz can sound different.
A guide for practice and curiosity, not a medical or diagnostic test. Your result does not show your gender, age or health.
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How to Use the Voice Frequency Test
- Choose Speaking voice to measure how you talk, or Singing voice to measure a note or a short tune. Pick a recording length of 10, 20 or 30 seconds.
- Press Start and allow microphone access. For speaking, read the sentence shown in the tool at your normal level, then keep talking or say a relaxed “ah”. For singing, hold one comfortable note on “ah”, or sing slowly up and down a few notes.
- Watch the live meter: the big number is your pitch in Hz right now, with the nearest note under it. The shaded band on the scale shows the lowest and highest pitch so far.
- The test stops by itself when the time is up, or press Stop to finish early. Your results appear below the meter.
- Press Play my average pitch to hear a tone at your average Hz, Copy result to save the numbers, or Test again.
Use a quiet room, one voice at a time, and hold your phone or microphone about an arm’s length away. Short gaps and consonants are fine: the test only counts the moments when it hears a clear pitch, and it tells you how many seconds that was.
What Is Voice Frequency?
Voice frequency is the number of times your vocal folds open and close each second, measured in hertz (Hz). One hertz is one vibration per second, so a voice at 120 Hz vibrates 120 times a second. Slower vibration sounds lower and faster vibration sounds higher. To see how the folds make sound in the first place, read how the vocal cords work.
The number this test shows is your fundamental frequency, often written F0: the lowest and main frequency in your voice. Your voice also contains higher overtones (harmonics) at 2, 3, 4 and more times the fundamental. They shape the tone of your voice, but the fundamental is what you hear as its pitch.
A few reference points:
- 27.5 Hz: A0, the lowest note on a piano (below what this test measures)
- 82.4 Hz: E2, around the bottom of a typical bass singer’s range
- 110 Hz: A2, inside the usual range of adult speaking voices
- 220 Hz: A3, also inside the usual range of adult speaking voices
- 440 Hz: A4, the international tuning reference
- 1,047 Hz: C6, the “high C” at the top of a typical soprano range
What Your Result Means
- Average pitch (median): the middle value of every moment the test heard a clear pitch. The median ignores the odd stray reading better than a plain average does.
- Nearest note: the musical note closest to your average, and how many cents above (+) or below (−) it you were. 100 cents make one semitone.
- Lowest – highest: the low and high end of what you used in this recording. The very lowest and highest 5% of readings are left out, so one glitch cannot stretch the range.
- Pitch variation (speaking): how much your pitch moved while you talked, in semitones. Under 1.5 is very even, close to a monotone; 1.5 to 3 is moderate; 3 to 5 is lively; above 5 is very lively.
- Steadiness (singing): if you held one note, how far the pitch wandered from its centre: within ±8 cents is very steady, ±15 steady, ±25 some wobble, more than that unsteady. If you sang several notes, the test says so instead.
- Voice detected: how many seconds of clear pitch the test used. If it heard less than half a second, it asks you to try again instead of guessing.
For a speaking result, the test also places your average on its own five-step scale:
| Average speaking pitch | How the test describes it |
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| Below 100 Hz | Very low (deep) |
| 100–149 Hz | Low |
| 150–199 Hz | Middle |
| 200–259 Hz | High |
| 260 Hz and above | Very high |
These bands are this tool’s own guide for describing a number, not medical norms. They do not tell you, or the tool, anything about your gender, age or health. If a speaking result is 400 Hz or more, the test suggests switching to Singing voice, because that is unusually high for talking.
Voice Frequency Ranges by Voice Type
Speaking voice frequency reference
Voice science books often quote typical average speaking pitches of about 85–155 Hz for adult men and about 165–255 Hz for adult women, with children’s voices usually higher. Treat these as rough guides: sources give slightly different numbers, the ranges overlap, and many healthy voices sit outside them. Language, mood, tiredness and the time of day all move your speaking pitch, so measure more than once.
Singing voice frequency reference
| Voice type | Singing range (approximate) |
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| Bass | 82 Hz (E2) – 330 Hz (E4) |
| Baritone | 110 Hz (A2) – 440 Hz (A4) |
| Tenor | 131 Hz (C3) – 523 Hz (C5) |
| Contralto | 175 Hz (F3) – 698 Hz (F5) |
| Mezzo-soprano | 196 Hz (G3) – 880 Hz (A5) |
| Soprano | 262 Hz (C4) – 1,047 Hz (C6) |
These are textbook ranges; real singers often go past them. The Singing voice mode shows the part of your voice you used in one recording, not your whole range, and it does not assign a voice type. For more detail, see the male vocal range chart, the female vocal range chart and the bass vocal range, the lowest standard voice type.
How Deep Is My Voice?
Pitch is the part of “deep” that a microphone can measure. The lower your average speaking pitch in Hz, the deeper your voice sounds, all else being equal. On this test’s scale, a speaking average below 100 Hz is very low, and 100–149 Hz is on the deeper side.
But pitch is only one factor. How deep a voice sounds also depends on resonance (the length and shape of your throat and mouth, which boost some overtones more than others), timbre (for example a dark, warm tone against a bright, thin one), loudness, breathiness and speaking style. Two people with the same average Hz can sound quite different. This test measures pitch only; it does not measure resonance or timbre.
Forcing your voice lower than is comfortable can tire it. Speak at a relaxed pitch, and if your voice changes suddenly, hurts or stays hoarse, talk to a doctor or voice specialist. This test cannot check your voice health.
Why Voice Frequency Matters
Frequency is the most precise way to describe pitch. Note names like C4 or A3 are useful shorthand, but each note corresponds to an exact frequency. Voice teachers, speech researchers and audio engineers work in Hz because:
- It is universal. Hz is the same in every musical tradition and language, while note names vary.
- It is precise. You can describe differences smaller than a semitone, which musicians count in cents.
- It is continuous. Speech glides between pitches and rarely lands exactly on a note, so Hz describes speaking better than note names.
- Equipment uses it. Tuners, audio software and recording tools all read pitch in Hz.
If you have seen “A = 440 Hz” on a tuner, that is standard concert pitch: the frequency of the A above middle C in modern tuning. This test uses A = 440 Hz to name notes. Some baroque performances tune to A = 415 Hz.
Converting Hz to Musical Notes
Doubling the frequency raises the pitch by one octave, so if A4 is 440 Hz, A5 is 880 Hz and A3 is 220 Hz. Each octave has 12 semitones, and each semitone step multiplies the frequency by the twelfth root of 2 (about 1.0595). The distance between two pitches in cents is 1200 × log2(f1 ÷ f2). Reference frequencies for one octave from A4:
| Note | Frequency |
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| A4 | 440.00 Hz |
| A♯4 / B♭4 | 466.16 Hz |
| B4 | 493.88 Hz |
| C5 | 523.25 Hz |
| C♯5 / D♭5 | 554.37 Hz |
| D5 | 587.33 Hz |
| D♯5 / E♭5 | 622.25 Hz |
| E5 | 659.26 Hz |
| F5 | 698.46 Hz |
| F♯5 / G♭5 | 739.99 Hz |
| G5 | 783.99 Hz |
| G♯5 / A♭5 | 830.61 Hz |
| A5 | 880.00 Hz |
To find the speaking range, halve these values: dividing by 2 once gives the octave from A3 (220 Hz), and dividing by 4 gives the octave from A2 (110 Hz). For every note on the keyboard, see the vocal range notes chart.
Accuracy, Limits and Privacy
- The test measures pitch from about 60 Hz to 1,200 Hz, which covers speaking voices and most singing. Notes above 1,200 Hz, such as whistle notes, are shown as out of range rather than guessed.
- It uses the YIN pitch detection method and only counts moments with a clear, steady pitch. Whispers, breathy sounds, “s” and “sh” sounds and background noise are skipped, and the display tells you when it hears sound but no clear pitch.
- Pitch detectors sometimes jump an octave by mistake. The test ignores a sudden jump of about an octave unless it lasts for several readings in a row, so a real leap still counts.
- Your microphone matters. Headsets and phone microphones work; music playing in the room, several voices at once or a very distant microphone make readings less reliable.
- The test needs microphone access on a secure (https) page. Sound is analysed in your browser while you speak and is not recorded or uploaded by the tool. See the privacy policy for the wider site.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average voice frequency?
Typical adult speaking averages are often quoted as about 85–155 Hz for men and about 165–255 Hz for women, with children higher. The ranges overlap and many voices fall outside them, so your own number is more useful than the average.
How do I find my voice frequency in Hz?
Press Start on the test above, allow the microphone and talk or sing for 10 seconds. You get your average pitch in Hz, your lowest and highest pitch and the nearest note.
What Hz is a deep voice?
On this test’s scale, an average speaking pitch below 100 Hz is very low and 100–149 Hz is on the deeper side. How deep a voice sounds also depends on resonance and timbre, not only Hz.
Can this test tell if a voice is male or female?
No. It measures pitch only and does not guess gender, age or anything else about the speaker. Speaking pitches of different groups overlap widely.
Why does my voice frequency change?
Your speaking pitch moves with mood, energy, tiredness, how loudly you talk and what you are saying. Measure a few times, at different times of day, and compare the averages.
Is voice frequency the same as pitch?
Almost. Frequency is the physical measurement in Hz; pitch is how your ear and brain hear it. The two follow each other very closely, which is why pitch is usually given in Hz.
What are the lowest and highest voice frequencies?
Most bass singers reach down to around E2 (82 Hz) and most sopranos up to around C6 (1,047 Hz). Some singers go far beyond that, but this test measures from about 60 to 1,200 Hz.
Is my voice recorded or uploaded?
No. Sound is analysed in your browser as you speak or sing and is not recorded or uploaded by the tool. The result stays on your screen until you copy it.