How to pronounce lacks in American English
“lacks” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to lacks the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lacks” in: all accents · British English (535 clips)
“lacks” in real sentences — American speakers
251 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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regime lacks any credibility.
State Department
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NARA lacks the technology.
US National Archives
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lacks the personality to be an accountant.
CDC
Words that sound like “lacks”
Words one sound away from lacks — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “lacks”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lacks. 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.