/uː/ — the /uː/ sound
the /uː/ sound
Vowels · Single vowels
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How to make it
Lips pushed forward into a tight circle, tongue high and back, held long.
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Rachel's English · American English - OO [u] Vowel - How to make the OO Vowel Watch on YouTube
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Words with this sound
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do
/duː/
moo
/muː/
shoe
/ʃuː/
to
/tuː/
too
/tˈuː/
two
/tuː/
who
/huː/
you
/juː/
zoo
/zu/
blue
/bluː/
choose
/tʃuːz/
few
/fjuː/
Minimal pairs
Two words that differ by exactly one sound. Listen until you can tell them apart, then say them yourself.
- uː
pool
/puːl/
ʊpull
/pʊl/
- uː
who
/huː/
iːhe
/hi/
- uː
boot
/buːt/
ɪbit
/ˈbɪt/
- uː
food
/fu̟(ː)d/
efed
/ˈfed/
- uː
boot
/buːt/
æbat
/bæt/
- uː
who
/huː/
ɑːhah
/hɑː/
- uː
tool
/tul/
ɔːtall
/tɔːl/
- uː
soon
/suːn/
ʌson
/sʌn/
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