How to pronounce routes
Listen to routes in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“routes” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 518 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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But for me, it's all about routes, routes, routes.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 45:47 · hear it here
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academic publishing routes.
UK Parliament · watch from 12:50 · hear it here
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lifeline internal routes.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 3:37 · hear it here
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competition on those routes.
GAO · watch from 2:02 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of routes. 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.