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CH phoneme /ʧ/

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The ch phoneme /ʧ/ is a consonant phoneme that’s one of the standard English phonemes.[1]

Naming[edit | edit source]

Like other phonemes, deciding on a name is difficult. It can be called “CH phoneme” after its most common spelling. Alternatively, it might be called chuh after its sound when initial. It occurs twice in the word church.

It has a voiced counterpart, phoneme /ʤ/.

Classification[edit | edit source]

This can be classified as Consonant phoneme > Affricate phoneme

Phonotactics[edit | edit source]

This forms a final consonant cluster, final consonant cluster /ʧt/.

Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

This one is reliably pronounced as a voiceless palato-alveolar affricate [tʃ].

Spelling[edit | edit source]

Spelling is ⟨ch⟩ (though that can represent other phonemes), and ⟨tch⟩.

Phonogram Words Notes
⟨ch⟩ approach, beach, chair, challenge, change, charity, Charles, cheap, check, chief, child, choice, choose, church, each, launch, lunch, much, purchase, reach, Rachel, research, rich, search, speech, teacher, touch, which, etc. This is the default pronunciation of ⟨ch⟩, though it can code for other phonemes.
⟨tch⟩ batch, bitch, botch, clutch, Dutch, ditch, etch, fetch, fletcher, hatch, hitch, hutch, notch, scotch, sketch, snatch, Tchaikovsky, watch, witch, wretch, etc. This is always /ʧ/.
⟨cz⟩ Czech (Republic)
⟨cc⟩ focaccia

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