H

2 weeks ago - That is, when the phoneme /h/ precedes a vowel, /h/ may be realized as a voiceless version of the subsequent vowel. For example, the word ⟨hit⟩, /hɪt/ is realized as [ɪ̥ɪt]. H is the eighth most frequently used letter in the English language (after S, N, I, O, A, T, and E), with a frequency ...

1 week ago - H is the eighth letter in the English alphabet.

December 29, 2017 - History, etymology, and pronunciation of h, the eighth letter in the alphabet.

April 16, 2019 - H is found in the most common two-letter pair (th) and in the most common three-letter combination (the). (The letter H is typically pronounced aitch.) Where did the letter come from, though? It can be traced back to Northern Semitic languages and today is the English corollary to the Hebrew letter heth, which is pronounced as it is spelled.

3 weeks ago - H (or h) is the eighth (number 8) letter in the English alphabet.

From habit to hat trick, learn the most-used words in English starting with the letter h.

H is the eighth letter of the English alphabet.

March 30, 2023 - The position of the mouth depends on the sound of the letter that follows the alphabet h. To create the h sound, the deep back of the tongue slightly contracts within the throat. The upper/front part of the tongue and the lips will often move into the shape of surrounding sounds at the same time as the /hh/ sound is being produced. This video allows the child to explore the short consonant sound of the English letter ‘h’ and learn words starting with it, such as hedgehog, hen, horse, hairdryer, hammer, and house.

Answer (1 of 10): I’ve seen the letter ‘h’ spelled “aitch” which makes some sense, but I don’t know how authoritative that is.

October 28, 2010 - Take the eighth letter of the alphabet, pronounce it haitch and then look for the slightly agonised look in some people's eyes. One suggestion is that it touches on a long anxiety in English over the letter aitch.

H, h definition: 1. the eighth letter of the English alphabet 2. written abbreviation for Homo: 3. the eighth…. Learn more.

January 24, 2023 - ‘H’ is a consonant that is found in the beginning, middle or end of words. One characteristic of the letter ‘H’ is that it is sometimes silent when used at the beginning of words.

First, you won't find 'haitch' in the dictionary, only the correct spelling aitch. The name of the letter comes from Old French ache of the 1500s and first spelt so in English, when it was related to the Old English word ache, from æce.

June 26, 2018 - Deriving from medieval French hache or “axe” (hatchet and hashtag are relatives), it also arrived in English H-less (like humble and herb). It’s a curious letter name being, as the Oxford English Dictionary describes, “so remote from any connection with the sound”. In fact there’s solid evidence supporting haitch as the better option.

Five of the letters in the English Alphabet are vowels: A, E, I, O, U. The remaining 21 letters are consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y. Written English includes the digraphs: ch ci ck gh ...

September 12, 2025 - As your child slowly becomes a wordsmith introduce these 8-letter H words to help improve their vocabulary: English vocabulary is full of interesting and cool h words that a young learner would find amusing. Here are some words starting with the alphabet h that your child would be happy to ...