How to pronounce rivers in American English
“rivers” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rivers the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “rivers” in: all accents · British English (931 clips)
“rivers” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and Four Rivers -- in the Refuge and Wild and Scenic Rivers program.
The Obama White House
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floodplain back to rivers.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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rivers, lakes and oceans.
NSF
Words that sound like “rivers”
Words one sound away from rivers — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “rivers”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rivers. 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.