How to pronounce whales in American English
“whales” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to whales the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “whales” in: all accents · British English (42 clips)
“whales” in real sentences — American speakers
253 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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stay there longer so we're hearing killer whales and Finn whales and humpback whales move into
NSF
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And this, humpback whales there.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Male Speaker: You like whales?
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “whales”
Words one sound away from whales — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “whales”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of whales. 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.