English pronunciation: Affricates - /dʒ/

Sample pronunciation audio

Start with one sample audio file for affricates - /dʒ/.

Quick tip

Affricates start as plosives and release into fricatives.

Letters and IPA

Practice words

• job

• juice

• jungle

• jacket

• jump

Minimal pairs

• jam / yam
• jeans / genes
• joke / yoke
• jet / yet
• jar / yard

How to produce this sound

Place your tongue just behind your upper teeth, start with a 'd' sound and immediately follow with the 'zh' sound as in 'measure'.

Common mix-ups

• joke / yoke
• jam / yam
• jeans / genes
• jar / yard
• jet / yet

Closest comparison

job, juice, jungle, jacket, jump