/d/ as in "door"
/d/ is a voiced alveolar stop of General American English, as in "door" and "dog." To produce it, tongue tip on the ridge, vibrate your vocal cords through the release. Phoneme provides native-speaker audio and minimal-pair contrasts so learners can hear and practice this consonant.
/d/
dooralso: dog
How to make /d/
voiced alveolar stop — tongue tip on the ridge, vibrate your vocal cords through the release.
Sounds that learners confuse with /d/
Minimal pairs for /d/
| /d/ | /t/ |
|---|---|
| den | ten |
| bad | bat |
| card | cart |
| din | tin |
| down | town |
| dime | time |
| mad | mat |
| bed | bet |
| /d/ | /ð/ |
|---|---|
| day | they |
| den | then |
| dare | there |
| dough | though |
| dose | those |
| seed | seethe |
| load | loathe |
| breed | breathe |