How to pronounce friends in American English
“friends” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to friends the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“friends” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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resilience that's coming from things like social ties; friends, neighbors, and friends of friends.
FEMA
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Italian journalist friends.
The Obama White House
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to friends and neighbors.
USDA
Words that sound like “friends”
Words one sound away from friends — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “friends”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of friends. 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.