/g/ as in "goat"

/g/ is a voiced velar stop of General American English, as in "goat" and "game." To produce it, back of tongue against soft palate, vibrate your vocal cords. Phoneme provides native-speaker audio and minimal-pair contrasts so learners can hear and practice this consonant.

How to make /g/

voiced velar stop — back of tongue against soft palate, vibrate your vocal cords.

Also written as

/ɡ/

the official IPA glyph (U+0261); Phoneme uses the ordinary letter g

Sounds that learners confuse with /g/

• /g/ vs /k/ — /k/ as in "cat"

Minimal pairs for /g/

/g/ vs /k/

/g/	/k/
goat	coat
bag	back
gap	cap
gut	cut
gum	come
got	caught
pig	pick
log	lock