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consonant · the sound library

“ch” as in chair

Written /tʃ/ in the phonetic alphabet — but you will never need that in the app.

One of the 40 sounds Nunzio listens for. When you read a sentence aloud, the app scores every single sound in it on your phone — this page is what he knows about this one: what tends to come out in its place, and what to do about it.

What tends to come out instead

“ch” slipping into “sh” (as in shoe)

Begin with a complete stop — tongue tip against the ridge — then release into the sh friction.

“Sh is a whisper; CH is a whisper with an ENTRANCE! Touch the ridge first, then burst — like flinging open the shutters!”Nunzio, when he hears it

Where it lives in real words

chin beach cheap chess chips lunch

In the app, this sound is put under pressure in Everyday English — whole sentences built so it cannot hide.

Compared head to head

The classic mix-ups involving this sound, one page per pair: chair vs think, chair vs shoe, chair vs jump.

It also likes to turn up uninvited

People often say “ch” when a word actually wants “th” as in think, “j” as in jump — each of those pages shows the way back.

Reading about a sound is one thing. Hearing which ones you miss is another.

Nunzio records you reading a sentence, scores every sound in it on your phone — nothing is uploaded — and tells you the one thing worth fixing. Nunzio — Accent Coach is coming to the App Store and Google Play.