sh/ʃ/
Flare your lips and lift the mid-front tongue close to the roof of your mouth. Blow air through without voicing.
How to pronounce share in American English
SHAIR
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Americans pronounce share as SHAIR (/ʃɛr/). You'll hear it in sentences like "I dare you to share" or "Take care to share the spare chair" — more examples below.
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air/ɛr/
Start with the 'eh' vowel mouth position. Pull the tongue back and up while flaring the lips for the 'r'.
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"I am excited to share our vision for the future of this industry."
ahy uhm uhk·SAHY·duhd tuh SHAIR owr VIH·zhuhn fer dhuh FYOO·cher uhv dhihs IHN·duh·stree
"I dare you to share."
ahy DAIR yoo tuh SHAIR
"We should document all decisions and share them with the absent members."
wee shuud DAH·kyuh·mehnt AHL duh·SIH·zhuhnz and SHAIR dhuhm wihth dhee AB·suhnt MEHM·berz
"Take care to share the spare chair."
TAYK KAIR tuh SHAIR dhuh SPAIR CHAIR
"Their share of the welfare is fair."
dhair SHAIR uhv dhuh WEHL·fair ihz FAIR
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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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Pronouncing the "R" too clearly.
Americans use a relaxed retroflex R — the tongue curls back rather than rolling. The R is one continuous sound with the vowel before it, not two separate sounds.
… (no R)→… r (curl the tongue)
Questions
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How do I pronounce the R in "share"?
Americans use a relaxed retroflex R: the tongue curls back rather than rolling, and the R is one continuous sound with the vowel before it — not two separate sounds. Don't try to pronounce a separate vowel followed by a separate R. Treat them as a single shape.
Is the American pronunciation of "share" 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 "SHAIR" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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