How to pronounce stiff in American English
“stiff” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to stiff the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “stiff” in: all accents · British English (30 clips)
“stiff” in real sentences — American speakers
221 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Do you realize -- the competition was stiff!
The Obama White House
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It tells you how stiff space is.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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MY THROAT IS A LITTLE STIFF TONIGHT.
CDC
Words that sound like “stiff”
Words one sound away from stiff — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “stiff”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of stiff. 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.