Some of the more common words beginning in ch that say /sh/: chagrin chaise chalet champagne chambray chamois chandelier chapeau chaparral chaperone charade charlatan Charlotte chauffeur chauvinist chef chemise chevron Chicago chiffon chivalry chute Words that contain ch saying /sh/ brochure cache crochet machine Michigan moustache parachute
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Easy words with ch that sound like K:chiorchoruscharacterEasy words with ch that sound like SH:chutechefcrochetmachineparachute
Some examples of words that have "ch" when a short vowel sound comes right before the ending sound are: Watch Catch Patch Stretch Match
Excluding the words with -rch which have R-controlled vowels, there are several vowel pairs that have long sounds before a -ch or -tch : EE words as in beech and speech EA words as in beach and teach OA words that have a long O sound as in coach, broach, and poach OO words such as hooch and pooch OU words that have the OW sound, as in couch and pouch There are no single-letter exceptions to the -ch/-tch pattern.
cheese
Some words with "ch" that sound like "sh" include "champagne," "chandelier," and "chaise."
The "ch" makes a "sh" sound in words like chef or machine because it follows the rule of English pronunciation where "ch" can have a "sh" sound when it comes after an "e" or an "i." This pronunciation comes from the influence of French and other languages on English.
It is thought to be due to historical phonetic changes in the Latin language that carried over into English. The "ch" sound comes from a soft "k" sound in words borrowed from Greek, while the hard "k" sound remains in native Germanic words.
dispatch patch match
each
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the ä-sound is pronounced similar to the a- sound in English words like dare and airthe ch-sound is pronounced similar to the h-sound in English words like huge, humanDo bist dare'm'lich
Beseech, bewitch