How to pronounce sixteen in British English
“sixteen” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to sixteen the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sixteen” in: all accents · American English (225 clips)
“sixteen” in real sentences — British speakers
93 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Sixteen and 17-year-olds are defined as children.
The Scottish Parliament
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the Great Bell up there, came in at sixteen and a half tons.
UK Parliament
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Sixteen years of botched SNP reforms that blew £1 billion have ruined an education system that
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “sixteen”
Words one sound away from sixteen — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sixteen. 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.