/b/ as in "ball"

/b/ is a voiced bilabial stop of General American English, as in "ball" and "bag." To produce it, lips press together, vibrate your vocal cords through the release. Phoneme provides native-speaker audio and minimal-pair contrasts so learners can hear and practice this consonant.

How to make /b/

voiced bilabial stop — lips press together, vibrate your vocal cords through the release.

Sounds that learners confuse with /b/

• /b/ vs /p/ — /p/ as in "pen"

Minimal pairs for /b/

/b/ vs /p/

/b/	/p/
ban	pan
bit	pit
cab	cap
bin	pin
bet	pet
rib	rip
cub	cup
lab	lap