How to pronounce threes in American English
“threes” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to threes the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “threes” in: all accents · British English (49 clips)
“threes” in real sentences — American speakers
46 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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unemployment was in the threes, mid threes.
Federal Reserve
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So the grade threes, were you thinking about the grade threes as far as the reactogenicity
CDC
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T threes is at 1300 for reciprocity.
National Archives
Words that sound like “threes”
Words one sound away from threes — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “threes”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of threes. 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.