How to pronounce spades in American English
“spades” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to spades the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “spades” in: all accents · British English (80 clips)
“spades” in real sentences — American speakers
41 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Four of spades, four of spades.
FAA
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And here it paid off in spades.
The Obama White House
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And if anything, COVID showed us that in spades.
CDC
Words that sound like “spades”
Words one sound away from spades — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “spades”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of spades. 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.