How to pronounce thieves in American English
“thieves” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to thieves the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “thieves” in: all accents · British English (60 clips)
“thieves” in real sentences — American speakers
79 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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But thieves are also fairly enterprising.
NSF
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on Maduro and his band of thieves.
State Department
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"They turned out to be thieves," said another.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “thieves”
Words one sound away from thieves — 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 thieves. 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.