How to pronounce clever in American English
“clever” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to clever the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “clever” in: all accents · British English (329 clips)
“clever” in real sentences — American speakers
394 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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SECRETARY POMPEO: Be clever.
State Department
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creative and clever prescription.
The Obama White House
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lot of clever technical solutions.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “clever”
Words one sound away from clever — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “clever”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of clever. 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.