/f/ as in "fish"

/f/ is a voiceless labiodental fricative of General American English, as in "fish" and "fan." To produce it, top teeth touch lower lip, air flows through. Phoneme provides native-speaker audio and minimal-pair contrasts so learners can hear and practice this consonant.

How to make /f/

voiceless labiodental fricative — top teeth touch lower lip, air flows through.

Sounds that learners confuse with /f/

• /f/ vs /v/ — /v/ as in "van"

Minimal pairs for /f/

/f/ vs /v/

/f/	/v/
fan	van
fat	vat
leaf	leave
fine	vine
fail	veil
safe	save
few	view
proof	prove