/t/ — the /t/ sound
the /t/ sound
Consonants · Plosives
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How to make it
Tongue tip on the ridge behind the upper teeth, then release the air. No voice.
Pairs with /d/ — same mouth shape, only the voicing differs.
Watch a native speaker say it
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Rachel's English · English Sounds - T [t] and D [d] Consonants - How to make the T and D Consonants Watch on YouTube
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Words with this sound
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at
/æt/
eat
/it/
out
/aʊt/
tea
/tiː/
to
/tuː/
too
/tˈuː/
two
/tuː/
ant
/ænt/
art
/ɑːrt/
aunt
/ænt/
bit
/ˈbɪt/
boat
/boʊt/
Minimal pairs
Two words that differ by exactly one sound. Listen until you can tell them apart, then say them yourself.
- t
at
/æt/
dadd
/æd/
- t
bat
/bæt/
θbath
/bæθ/
- t
at
/æt/
papp
/ˈap/
- t
tea
/tiː/
bbe
/bi/
- t
at
/æt/
kact
/æk/
- t
bit
/ˈbɪt/
gbig
/bɪɡ/
- t
tall
/tɔːl/
ffall
/fɔːl/
- t
hat
/hæt/
vhave
/hæv/
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