The Letter T
I'm sure you've come across this letter. Let's learn about all the sounds of the letter T. It is the twentieth letter of the English alphabet.
T is the twentieth letter in the modern English alphabet. It is a consonant.
Consonants are the letters that are produced by stopping the letter from flowing easily.
Uppercase Form | T |
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Lowercase | t |
Name | tee (pronounced /ˈtiː/) |
Main Sound | /t/ |
The Letter T: Sounds
The letter T has four sounds:
Main Sound
Sound 1: /t/
't' mainly sounds /t/:
Other Sounds
Sound 2: /tʃ/
't' also sounds /tʃ/ if it precedes the letter 'u':
sta
crea
furni
Sound 3: /ʃ/
't' in 'ti' before the vowels like 'o' or 'a' is pronounced /ʃ/:
na
nego
ra
Sound 4: /∅/
't' also sound silent /∅/ if the letter 's' precedes it:
rus
cas
whis
Chris
'tch' sounds /tʃ/; in other words, 't' in 'tch' is silent/∅/:
wa
bu
pi
Tip
'et' at the end of French loanwords sounds /eɪ/, so 't' is silent:
ber
ball
bid
The Letter T: Multigraphs
Letter T can also appear in combinations with other letters (mainly consonants):
tt
'tt' sounds /t/:
bu
ke
ra
th
'th' mainly sounds /θ/:
mou
tee
'th' can also sound /ð/ if it is followed by the letter 'e' or 'i':
smoo
bro
'th' also sounds /t/:
pt
'pt' sounds /t/, in other words, 'p' is silent /∅/:
recei
The Letter T: Uses
T can be used as an abbreviation for
tonne(s)
tesla
temperature