How to pronounce forty in American English
“forty” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to forty the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “forty” in: all accents · British English (182 clips)
“forty” in real sentences — American speakers
937 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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MR MILLER: Forty-five years – forty-four years, right.
State Department
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certificate for forty acres.
National Archives
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>> Forty-eight days after?
CDC
Words that sound like “forty”
Words one sound away from forty — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “forty”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of forty. 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.