Th Voiced

Pronunciation: consonant sounds

initial th (voiced)

Read from left to right and go down the list:

this	that	these	those
then	there	their	there
than	though	thus	thy
thine	thou	thereby	therefore

Now you try it!

middle th (voiced)

either	neither	weather	feather
heather	tether	leather	hither
wither	dither	other	mother
father	brother	bother	rather
gather	lather	southern	brethren

final th (voiced)

bathe	breathe	clothe	loathe
seethe	teethe*	tithe	smooth

final th (voiced) +

word endings

bathed	breathed	teethed	seethed
clothed	loathed	breathes	teethes

*teethe is a verb. It’s that which a baby does with his mouth when new teeth come through the gums. We say, The baby is teething.

Note: The voiced “th” sound comes from the mouth and the vocal chords. Contrast this with the unvoiced “th” sound which comes only from the mouth as sound passes between the tongue and the teeth.