How to pronounce crux in American English
“crux” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to crux the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “crux” in: all accents · British English (273 clips)
“crux” in real sentences — American speakers
199 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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In general, what ultimately – at the crux of this, at the crux of what –
State Department
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Really, the crux of the program.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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That's the crux of this argument.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “crux”
Words one sound away from crux — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of crux. 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.