t/t/
Touch the tip or front edge of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Keep your jaw relaxed. Stop the air, then release with a puff.
How to pronounce tooth in American English
TOOTH
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Americans pronounce tooth as TOOTH (/tuθ/). You'll hear it in sentences like "He pulled a loose tooth this afternoon".
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oo/u/
Round your lips into a tight circle. Let your tongue rest in the middle of your mouth, slightly raised.
th/θ/
Place the very tip of your tongue slightly between your teeth. Blow air gently around it without voicing.
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Is the American pronunciation of "tooth" 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 "TOOTH" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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