/θ/ — the /θ/ sound
the /θ/ sound
Consonants · Fricatives
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How to make it
Put the tip of your tongue between your teeth and blow air through. No voice.
Pairs with /ð/ — same mouth shape, only the voicing differs.
Watch a native speaker say it
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Rachel's English · English Sounds - The Two TH Consonants [θ] and [ð] Watch on YouTube
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Words with this sound
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bath
/bæθ/
earth
/ɜːrθ/
eighth
/eɪtθ/
math
/mæθ/
mouth
/maʊθ/
path
/pæθ/
south
/saʊθ/
thing
/θɪŋ/
third
/θɚd/
thought
/θɔːt/
through
/θruː/
tooth
/tuθ/
Minimal pairs
Two words that differ by exactly one sound. Listen until you can tell them apart, then say them yourself.
- θ
mouth
/maʊθ/
smouse
/maʊs/
- θ
bath
/bæθ/
tbat
/bæt/
- θ
author
/ˈɔθɚ/
foffer
/ˈɔːfər/
- θ
thigh
/θaɪ/
ðthy
/ˈðaɪ̯/
- θ
math
/mæθ/
pmap
/mæp/
- θ
third
/θɚd/
bbird
/bˈɜːd/
- θ
bath
/bæθ/
dbad
/bæd/
- θ
bath
/bæθ/
kback
/bæk/
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