How to Pronounce Clothes

Even though the correct pronunciation of "clothes" has the voiced TH and the z sounds, many native speakers make this word easier by leaving out the TH.  They pronounce it as "cloze" just like the verb "close."

Voiced TH /ð/ is less common at the ends of words, but there are some words that have it.  For example, the verbs bathe, clothe, teeth, seethe and breathe all have /ð/. The words with and without can be pronounced with either voiceless or voiced TH.

Need help with other words which end in -ths?  Check out the video below.