How to pronounce ashes in American English
“ashes” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ashes the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ashes” in: all accents · British English (95 clips)
“ashes” in real sentences — American speakers
100 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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all tarnished with ashes and soot.
The Obama White House
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And let's not forget this organization arose from the ashes of World War II.
State Department
Words that sound like “ashes”
Words one sound away from ashes — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “ashes”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ashes. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.