The sh sound is an unvoiced consonant made by the sound of the air coming out of your mouth. The ch sound is also a voiceless consonant made by the sound of the constricted air coming out. You close your teeth and your lips are held forward, and your tongue is also held wide in your mouth.

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The ‘sh sound’ /ʃ/ is an unvoiced fricative. (the vocal cords do not vibrate during its production), and is the counterpart to the voiced ‘zh sound’ /ʒ/. To create the /ʃ/, air is forced between a wide groove in the center of the front of the tongue and the back of the tooth ridge.

If you include all borrowed words and names in English, there are no letters that always make the same sound. Not a single one. The closest you will come is the letter V, which is pronounced [v] in almost all words. Exceptions include “have to” where it’s pronounced [f], and some names such as “Chekov.”

A: The short answer is yes—but there’s more to the story. As you know, there are three ways to pronounce the letter combination “ch” in English. It can sound like k (as in “chasm” or “school”), like sh (as in “charade” or “brochure”), and like tch (as in “champion” and “child”).

The Differences Between the “Sh” and “Ch” Sounds

1. When you say the “Sh” sound, your lips are rounded and your tongue is not going to touch anywhere in particular in your mouth.
2. The difference when you make the “Ch” sound is it is a quick sound.

The /ch/ sound is actually a combination of the /t/ and the /sh/ sound. To make the sound, begin with your teeth together and bring the tip of your tongue to the small ridge just behind the front teeth. The corners of the lips are puller together so the lips pucker.

Ch is pronounced as a voiceless postalveolar affricate [tʃ] in both Castillian and Latin American Spanish, or a voiceless postalveolar fricative [ʃ] in Andalusian. Ch is traditionally considered a distinct letter of the Spanish alphabet, called che.

A digraph is two letters (two vowels or two consonants or a vowel and a consonant) which together make one sound. A trigraph is a single sound that is represented by three letters, for example: In the word ‘match’, the three letters ‘tch’ at the end make only one sound.

This generalization states that when you hear the /ch/ sound at the end of a syllable AND it is immediately preceded by a short vowel, it is spelled -tch. If there is a consonant or vowel team before the /ch/, it is spelled -ch. -tch will never come at the beginning of a word.

5 Answers. Well, the T is not entirely silent. The words that do include the T has a kind of a T-sound starting it off. If you look at another word where the ch is not including the T is “bachelor”, and it is not so sharp (more like a D-sound than a T-sound).

This generalization states that when you hear the /k/ sound at the end of a word AND the /k/ immediately follows a short vowel sound, it is spelled ck. If it is preceded by a long vowel or consonant, it is spelled with a k.

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10 letter words containing tch

• witchcraft.
• wristwatch.
• matchmaker.
• dispatcher.
• watchmaker.
• sketchbook.
• matchstick.
• watchtower.

The /ch/ sound is usually spelled with the letters ch. Sometimes, the /ch/ sound is spelled with the letters tch. This happens if they come straight after a short vowel. Read these aloud and listen to the /ch/ sound.

8-letter words that start with ct

• ctenidia.
• ctenotus.
• ctlgsoft.
• ctdmplus.
• ctahperd.
• ctscreen.
• ctfgamma.

10-letter words that end in ch

• stagecoach.
• wristwatch.
• cornstarch.
• hotchpotch.
• crosshatch.
• deathwatch.
• backstitch.
• whipstitch.