How to pronounce detective in American English
“detective” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to detective the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “detective” in: all accents · British English (259 clips)
“detective” in real sentences — American speakers
372 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Their names were Detective Mark Baker, Detective Isaiah Emenheiser,
The White House
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Great detective work, Sierra.
CDC
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Detective Watson contacted Clark by phone but after she introduced herself as a police detective Clark
Dept of Justice
Words that sound like “detective”
Words one sound away from detective — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “detective”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of detective. 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.