English words can be really confusing sometimes. In these how-to-pronounce episodes published on Fridays, I’ll help you with the pronunciation of confusing words and common names. This week we’re going to talk about the word ‘clothes’.

Here’s a loose transcription of the words as explained in the episode:

clothes: klow-thz [IPA: kloʊðz] or klowz [IPA: kloʊz]
close (verb): klowz [IPA: kloʊz]
close (adjective/adverb): klows [IPA: kloʊs]

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156. How to pronounce ‘Clothes’