How to pronounce desks in British English
“desks” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to desks the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “desks” in: all accents · American English (184 clips)
“desks” in real sentences — British speakers
148 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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on executive level desks.
The Scottish Parliament
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desks two metres apart, and the same for Year 13s.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “desks”
Words one sound away from desks — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “desks”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of desks. 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.