How to pronounce fails in British English
“fails” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to fails the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “fails” in: all accents · American English (881 clips)
“fails” in real sentences — British speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
When social care fails, the NHS fails.
The Scottish Parliament
-
fails to acknowledge the issues.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “fails”
Words one sound away from fails — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “fails”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of fails. 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.