How to pronounce rests in American English
“rests” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rests the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “rests” in: all accents · British English (521 clips)
“rests” in real sentences — American speakers
316 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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rests on education and communication.
CDC
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this, and it rests with him.
The Obama White House
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Madam Chairman, the tech panel rests.
NTSB
Words that sound like “rests”
Words one sound away from rests — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “rests”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rests. 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.