English pronunciation: Affricates - /tʃ/

Sample pronunciation audio

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

Quick tip

Affricates start as plosives and release into fricatives.

Letters and IPA

Practice words

• church

• chair

• chicken

• cheese

• child

Minimal pairs

• chip / ship
• cheek / sheek
• cheap / jeep
• chop / shop
• chin / shin

How to produce this sound

Place the tip of your tongue just behind your upper front teeth, block the air, then release it with a 'ch' sound, like in 'church'.

Common mix-ups

• chip / ship
• cheek / sheek
• cheap / jeep
• chop / shop
• chin / shin

Closest comparison

church, cheese, chicken, change, chocolate