How to pronounce clerk in American English
“clerk” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to clerk the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “clerk” in: all accents · British English (723 clips)
“clerk” in real sentences — American speakers
331 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
Clerk selection criteria.
US National Archives
-
as the clerk office clerk's office opened, which was 8:30.
Dept of Justice
-
Michael Askew: clerk shipping clerk that you know I could be, you know.
NIH
Words that sound like “clerk”
Words one sound away from clerk — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “clerk”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of clerk. 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.