How to pronounce fives in American English
“fives” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to fives the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “fives” in: all accents · British English (47 clips)
“fives” in real sentences — American speakers
79 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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The President: High fives for everybody.
The Obama White House
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It's like high-fives all around.
CDC
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The adjudication inventory for T fives is at 5 46.
National Archives
Words that sound like “fives”
Words one sound away from fives — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “fives”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of fives. 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.