How to pronounce ranks in American English
“ranks” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to ranks the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ranks” in: all accents · British English (306 clips)
“ranks” in real sentences — American speakers
766 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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different ranks and levels.
US National Archives
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active duty ranks actively?
The Obama White House
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coming up through the ranks.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “ranks”
Words one sound away from ranks — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “ranks”
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.