h/h/
Push a stream of air from your throat through your open mouth. No tongue or lip contact.
How to pronounce hood in American English
HUUD
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Americans pronounce hood as HUUD (/hʊd/). You'll hear it in sentences like "You should put the wood in the foot of the hood".
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Every sound in "hood".
1 syllable, 3 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
uu/ʊ/
Bring the corners of your lips in slightly so they push forward, but keep them relaxed. Lift the back of your tongue toward the roof of the mouth.
d/d/
Touch the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Add vocal cord vibration as you release.
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
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Releasing the final consonant with a puff of air.
In "hood", the "d" is not released — the articulators get into position but hold without the burst of air. Air stops but there's no release burst — the articulators hold position.
hood→HUUD
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Is the American pronunciation of "hood" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "HUUD" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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