How to pronounce shapes in American English
“shapes” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to shapes the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “shapes” in: all accents · British English (223 clips)
“shapes” in real sentences — American speakers
794 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Everything shapes up nicely.
National Archives
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bright, some of them have round shapes, some of them have weird shapes.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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All different kinds, shapes, sizes.
NASA
Words that sound like “shapes”
Words one sound away from shapes — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “shapes”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shapes. 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.