How to pronounce fifteen in American English
“fifteen” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to fifteen the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “fifteen” in: all accents · British English (86 clips)
“fifteen” in real sentences — American speakers
538 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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[Historic audio] Fifteen forward.
NASA
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Fifteen are in British institutions.
National Archives
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We have fifteen minutes left.
NIH
Words that sound like “fifteen”
Words one sound away from fifteen — 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 fifteen. 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.