What is j sound?
Sophia Koch
Updated on February 14, 2026
The /j/ phoneme is called the “palatal approximant,” which means that you form a narrow space in the middle of your mouth with your tongue. To produce the j sound, raise the sides of your tongue to the roof of your mouth and voice out through your mouth while lowering the back of your tongue.
What starts with the j sound?
words that begin with the Letter J
- jacket.
- jail.
- jam.
- jet.
- jewel.
- jingle.
- jog.
- joy.
What are soft j words?
Study the word list: Soft G sound j
| gent | The man was a real gent. * |
|---|---|
| agile | A terrier is a small, agile dog. * |
| stages | |
| magic | He has a great knack with magic tricks. |
| energy | Energy is the strength or power to work. |
How is the j in Spanish pronounced?
The letter J sounds like the HARD G in Spanish (the sound is similar to the English H but raspier).
What words start with G and sound like J?
“Soft” G — when g represents the “j” sound.
| GE: | ||
|---|---|---|
| germ | gel | gem |
| generate | gentle | cage |
| engage | wage | dodge |
| nudge | fledge | grudge |
What things starts with J?
Have a hard time thinking of things that start with j? Here’s some good ones: jacks, jack-o-lantern, jam, jar, jeans, jelly beans, jelly fish, & juice.
How do you write soft J?
In Americanist phonetic notation, which is used in the book Cued Language Structure, the symbol is written as a z with a hacek – /ž/. The proper pronunciation has a hard j, as in the word “jam”. I do not know why people insist on pronouncing it with a soft j.
Is J always pronounced h in Spanish?
The letter H in Spanish (and Portuguese and French) has no sound. The English ‘J’ as in janitor sound does not exist in Spanish. ‘J’ has a different sound. There are also many other English sounds that do not exist in Spanish, like ‘sh’ and ‘th’.
When does the letter Y make the long e sound?
The letter Y as a Vowel is more common than Y as a consonant. When the letter “y” is at the end of word, it sometimes makes the long e sound, e.g., baby, candy, family and city. Y as a vowel at the end of a word can also make the long i sound, e.g., my, cry. The table below contains over 275 long E words.
Which is an example of the long e sound?
The long E sound can be represented in 2 vowel teams (“ea” and “ee”), an irregular vowel team (“ie”), the open syllable rule, e.g., me, and “Y” as a vowel at the end of a word, e.g. bunny. 5 Ways to Spell the Long E Sound. The vowel team rule states that when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.
Are there any words that start with the letter J?
14-letter words that start with j 1 j ohnsongrasses 2 j ollifications 3 j ingoistically 4 j ustifications 5 j ustifiability 6 j usticiability 7 j urisdictional 8 j urisprudences 9 j uxtapositions 10 j usquaboutisme Plus d’articles…
How to display the Records which does not have specific word John as the beginning?
To display the records which does not have specific word John as the beginning we have change our LIKE sql command a little by changing the % position to the end of the word. Here we will allow any character even zero character to the left of the desired word not to the right The above result have desired word John at the end only.
