/tʃ/ — the /tʃ/ sound
the /tʃ/ sound
Consonants · Affricates
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How to make it
Start as /t/ and release it into /ʃ/, joined into one sound.
Pairs with /dʒ/ — same mouth shape, only the voicing differs.
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Words with this sound
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each
/iːtʃ/
beach
/biːtʃ/
chair
/tʃer/
check
/tʃek/
cheese
/tʃiːz/
chin
/tʃɪn/
choose
/tʃuːz/
match
/mætʃ/
much
/mʌtʃ/
such
/sʌtʃ/
touch
/tʌtʃ/
watch
/wɑːtʃ/
Minimal pairs
Two words that differ by exactly one sound. Listen until you can tell them apart, then say them yourself.
- tʃ
chair
/tʃer/
ʃshare
/ʃer/
- tʃ
each
/iːtʃ/
teat
/it/
- tʃ
chair
/tʃer/
ppair
/per/
- tʃ
chew
/tʃuː/
bboo
/buː/
- tʃ
chew
/tʃuː/
ddo
/duː/
- tʃ
chair
/tʃer/
kcare
/ker/
- tʃ
chess
/tʃes/
gguess
/ɡes/
- tʃ
beach
/biːtʃ/
fbeef
/biːf/
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