How many phonemes in the word thing?

Answer 1

There are 3 phonemes in the word thing

/th/i/ng/.

'th' stands for one mouth move (a digraph), as does 'ng' (another digraph). Counting phonemes is hard in English because there is no neat one to one match between letters and phonemes.

Answer 2

The word "thing" consists of four phonemes: /θ/, /ɪ/, /ŋ/, and /g/. The first phoneme is the voiceless dental fricative /θ/, followed by the short vowel /ɪ/, the velar nasal /ŋ/, and finally the voiced velar plosive /g/. Each of these distinct sounds contributes to the overall pronunciation of the word "thing."

Answer 3

There are 4 phonemes in the word "thing": /th/, /ɪ/, /ŋ/.