How to pronounce eighteen in American English
“eighteen” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to eighteen the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “eighteen” in: all accents · British English (115 clips)
“eighteen” in real sentences — American speakers
454 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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In August twenty eighteen.
Dept of Justice
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Steven Van Roekel: Eighteen.
The Obama White House
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from birth to age eighteen.
USDA
Words that sound like “eighteen”
Words one sound away from eighteen — 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 eighteen. 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.