/ɪ/ — the /ɪ/ sound
the /ɪ/ sound
Vowels · Single vowels
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How to make it
Short and clipped, tongue a little lower than for /iː/, mouth relaxed.
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Rachel's English · American English - IH [ɪ] Vowel - How to make the IH Vowel Watch on YouTube
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Words with this sound
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ear
/ɪr/
if
/ɪf/
in
/ɪn/
is
/ɪz/
beer
/bɪr/
big
/bɪɡ/
bit
/ˈbɪt/
boy
/boɪ/
chin
/tʃɪn/
day
/dæɪ̯/
dish
/dɪʃ/
fill
/fɪl/
Minimal pairs
Two words that differ by exactly one sound. Listen until you can tell them apart, then say them yourself.
- ɪ
fill
/fɪl/
iːfeel
/fiːl/
- ɪ
fill
/fɪl/
efell
/fel/
- ɪ
in
/ɪn/
æan
/æn/
- ɪ
ear
/ɪr/
ɑːare
/ɑːr/
- ɪ
ear
/ɪr/
ɔːor
/ɔːr/
- ɪ
fill
/fɪl/
ʊfull
/fʊl/
- ɪ
bit
/ˈbɪt/
uːboot
/buːt/
- ɪ
bit
/ˈbɪt/
ʌbut
/bʌt/
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