/ʊ/ as in "book"
/ʊ/ is a short, lax back vowel of General American English, as in "book" and "foot." To produce it, lips lightly rounded, tongue back. Phoneme provides native-speaker audio and minimal-pair contrasts so learners can hear and practice this vowel.
/ʊ/
bookalso: foot
How to make /ʊ/
short, lax back vowel — lips lightly rounded, tongue back.
Sounds that learners confuse with /ʊ/
Minimal pairs for /ʊ/
| /ʊ/ | /ə/ |
|---|---|
| book | buck |
| put | putt |
| look | luck |
| took | tuck |
| could | cud |
| /ʊ/ | /u/ |
|---|---|
| pull | pool |
| full | fool |
| book | boot |
| foot | food |
| soot | suit |
| could | cooed |