How to pronounce straits in British English
“straits” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to straits the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “straits” in: all accents · American English (261 clips)
“straits” in real sentences — British speakers
64 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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businesses in dire straits.
The Scottish Parliament
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Farmers have campaigned on the streets recently to highlight their straits.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “straits”
Words one sound away from straits — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “straits”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of straits. 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.