How to pronounce ranks
Listen to ranks 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.
“ranks” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 339 American · 302 British · 11 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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inspecting ranks when you go beyond that into superintending ranks.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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different ranks and levels.
US National Archives · hear it here
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coming up through the ranks.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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the ranks of timeless classics.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ranks. 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.