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How to pronounce phonetics

“phonetics” pronunciation in American English

Listen to phonetics in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

“phonetics” in real sentences

38 clips in the index · 3 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. - And I did phonetics exercises.

    Lex Fridman

  2. the phonetics are not included on the teleprompter.

    The Obama White House

  3. Sometimes the phonetics help me write the lyrics.

    TED-Ed

  4. o v i b o n yeah the same way GI which in Italian phonetics is

    SmartLess

Words that sound like “phonetics”

Words one sound away from phonetics — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “phonetics”

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of phonetics. 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.

Nearby words

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