How to pronounce sixteen in American English
“sixteen” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to sixteen the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sixteen” in: all accents · British English (93 clips)
“sixteen” in real sentences — American speakers
225 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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sixteen men about to become priests.
National Archives
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Sixteen to 25, there was 472.
CDC
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For soybeans, sixteen dollars a bushel.
USDA
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.