/h/ — the /h/ sound
the /h/ sound
Consonants · Fricatives
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How to make it
Breathe out from the throat, with the mouth already shaped for the vowel that follows.
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Rachel's English · English Sounds - H [h] Consonant - How to make the H [h] Consonant Watch on YouTube
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Words with this sound
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hah
/hɑː/
he
/hi/
her
/hər/
hey
/heɪ/
hi
/haɪ/
how
/haʊ/
who
/huː/
hair
/her/
half
/hæf/
hat
/hæt/
have
/hæv/
head
/hed/
Minimal pairs
Two words that differ by exactly one sound. Listen until you can tell them apart, then say them yourself.
- h
how
/haʊ/
kcow
/kaʊ/
- h
hey
/heɪ/
ppay
/peɪ/
- h
he
/hi/
bbe
/bi/
- h
he
/hi/
ttea
/tiː/
- h
who
/huː/
ddo
/duː/
- h
high
/ˈhaɪz/
gguys
/ɡaɪz/
- h
hat
/hæt/
ffat
/fæt/
- h
hairy
/ˈhɛɹi/
vvary
/ˈveri/
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