There's the "s" sound like in "bus" and the other is like in "cars".
In terms of pronunciation it has two vowel sounds, ɜ: (sounds like "er" as in "her") and i: (sounds like "e" as in "he"). The IPA is /θɜ:ti:n/. In terms of spelling it has 3, an "i" and two "e"s
There's the "s" sound like in "bus" and the other is like in "cars".
It sounds as 's'. Picks, hits, knits etc.
<sl> is two sounds. "s" and "l". slop slob slab slip slug slim slap Each of those words has 4 sounds.
Two sounds
There are actually four phonemes - s / i / k / s as the "x" has two distinct speech sounds.
There are five consonants (four different ones) : M, two C, S, and N. There are three syllables, and four consonant sounds: M, K (or hard c), S and N.
The word "stake" has four sounds: /s/ - /t/ - /ā/ - /k/.
The word "sock" has 3 sounds: /s/ - /o/ - /k/.
The word "boxes" has six phonemes, because the letter x produces two sounds.The phonemes, or actual speech sounds, are: b / o / k / s / e / s
Most sounds will scare a mouse away. Loud sounds or bird sounds are two sounds that are great at scaring mice away.
The word "sock" has 3 sounds: /s/, /ɑ/, /k/.