How to pronounce boats in American English
“boats” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to boats the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “boats” in: all accents · British English (758 clips)
“boats” in real sentences — American speakers
916 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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boats and all that stuff.
The Obama White House
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WE WOULD REDIRECT THE BOATS.
NASA
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boats are, quote, "slowly disappearing."
US National Archives
Words that sound like “boats”
Words one sound away from boats — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “boats”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of boats. 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.